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Vernon, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South Gate-East Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90058. The Survey maps it on the Los Angeles quadrangle. 222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 203 feet above sea level.

Vernon within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vernon, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Vernon, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Vernon

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon grew from 112 to 222 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010112
2020222+110 (+98%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 43 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

354 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Vernon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,181 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/undetermined230
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking33
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 18 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Talc-Soapstone. 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
L.A. MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Reynolds Crushed Gravel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
California Portland Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Southwestern Portland Cement CoLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Alameda St. PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond Corp. - Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reynolds Crushed Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Western Rock & Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson and SandquistClayPast Producer
City Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Redondo Junction0.8 miles43
Clement Junction0.8 miles43
Pueblo Del Rio Public Housing0.9 miles47
Butte Street Junction1.0 miles43
Nevin1.1 miles43
Soto Street Junction1.2 miles43
Ninth Street Junction1.2 miles43
Hobart1.5 miles43

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 VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q934111The 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 1661636. 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.