Verdugo City, California
51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91020. It lies near Engleheard Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
On record in Verdugo City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic Districtlisted 2016 · 0.1 miles away
Schaffer, J.W. Houselisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 51 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:20000
- 1939 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
207 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Verdugo City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169,013 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | STRATUS |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | HAINES |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | TUNA |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MALIBU |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | TWIN |
| 3 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | OCEAN |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | BAYTREE |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,012 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Verdugo City: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Granite, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mallery #2 | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Quartz Hill Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Ross Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Verdugo Canyon Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Verdugo Mountain Deposit | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Browns Canyon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Devil S Gate | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Devils Canyon Dam | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon-Garrison-Russell | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose | 0.9 miles | 51 | |
| La Crescenta | 0.9 miles | 51 | |
| Sparr Heights | 1.3 miles | 48 | |
| Altacanyada | 1.6 miles | 51 | |
| Highway Highlands | 1.9 miles | 48 | |
| Briggs Terrace | 2.1 miles | 51 | |
| La Cañada Flintridge | 2.9 miles | 46 | |
| North Glendale | 3.7 miles | 45 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557237 | The 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 1661635. 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.


















