Weeks Poultry Colony, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91306. It stands on Browns Canyon Wash. The Survey maps it on the Canoga Park quadrangle. 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
1903 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 38 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.
- 1903 USGS Calabasas quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1929 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Calabasas quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Canoga Park quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Canoga Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Weeks Poultry Colony (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | NAVAJO |
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | CANYON |
| 19 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 19 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Weeks Poultry Colony (historical): 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Clay, Flagstone, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth Park Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Producer | ||
| Angulo Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Charlton Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| San Valley Tile Kilns | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Pacific Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Clement Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert | Stone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnetka | 0.5 miles | 38 | |
| Canoga Park | 1.1 miles | 38 | |
| Reseda | 2.4 miles | 38 | |
| Northridge | 2.7 miles | 38 | |
| Tarzana | 2.8 miles | 37 | |
| Runnymede Poultry Colony (historical) | 2.9 miles | 38 | |
| Woodland Hills | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| Chatsworth | 3.6 miles | 40 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670025. 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.














