BlockWalton Place, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93535. The Survey maps it on the Adobe Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,933 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.
Then and now
1930 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1930 USGS El Mirage quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS El Mirage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Shadow Mountains quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Shadow Mountains quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Shadow Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Adobe Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Adobe Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Adobe Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Victorville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Walton Place (historical) between 1993 and 2011, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | VARGAS |
| 13 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | DAIRY |
| 23 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | WALKER |
| 29 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SAPHIRE |
| 11 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 11 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | California Desert District | DESERT |
| 7 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Walton Place (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafferty Property | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi Vista | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wilsona (historical) | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Wilsona Gardens | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lake Los Angeles | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Llano | 14.1 miles | 20 | |
| Desert Relief (historical) | 14.5 miles | 20 | |
| Redman | 16.0 miles | 23 | |
| Antelope Center | 16.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q7966771 | 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 1666873. 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.