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Wahoo, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91352. The Survey maps it on the Van Nuys quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wahoo 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 Wahoo (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Wahoo (historical), surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 47 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

307 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Wahoo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,177 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined146
Equipment and vehicle use63
Arson/incendiarism40
Fireworks10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning8
Other causes4
Natural1

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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestPAXTON
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestOLDS
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSEDAN
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPICKUP
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAngeles National ForestWENTWORTH
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestKAGEL
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestTRIO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Wahoo (historical): 33 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
City Rock Company Pit.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1925
Ferro-TitanTitaniumPast Producer
KatzStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerShale
Katz Diatomaceous ShaleDiatomiteProspect
Pacoima Hill QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arrow Rock Co.-Sun Valley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Tujunga PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond Corp. - Roscoe PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borges RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulevard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Stonehurst1.5 miles41
Sun Valley2.1 miles48
Pacoima2.2 miles38
Shadow Hills2.7 miles41
Hewitt2.9 miles44
Lake View Terrace3.0 miles41
Panorama City3.1 miles44
Gemco3.2 miles44

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 Wahoo (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7959828The 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 1670022. 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.