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Valyermo, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93553. It stands on Sandrock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valyermo quadrangle.

Valyermo within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1901 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valyermo, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Valyermo, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Valyermo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 23 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Recreation and ceremony23
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestBOB
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestFORK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSKID
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSYCAMORE
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremony35 acresAngeles National ForestFORK
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestLONGVIEW
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestMOTORCYCLE
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILLIAMSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valyermo: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Empire PlacerGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valyermo in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 4 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014Flash FloodValyermo-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding along Highway 39 at Crystal Lake Road. No injuries were reported.
July 2011Flash FloodValyermo-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the foothills of the Antelope Valley. California Highway Patrol reported flash flooding at the intersection of Big Pines Highway and Los Angeles County Road 4.
December 2010Flash FloodValyermo-Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in the mountains of Los Angeles County. California Highway Patrol reported that Big Rock Creek Road at the intersection of the Angeles Crest Highway was washed out by flash flooding and mud flows.
July 2008Flash FloodValyermo-The USFS reported torrential rain and flash flooding at the intersection of Big Pines Highway and Largo Vista Road.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Big Rock Springs1.2 miles35
Old Point Comfort2.3 miles35
Longview4.0 miles35
Desert Relief (historical)4.2 miles20
Paradise Springs4.2 miles35
Juniper Hills4.4 miles34
Llano4.5 miles20
Mile High4.7 miles34

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ValyermoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7912866The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661622. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.