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West Hollywood, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90046. It lies near Laurel Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hollywood quadrangle. 35,757 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of West Hollywood, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in West Hollywood

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

West Hollywood grew from 34,399 to 35,757 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
201034,399
202035,757+1,358 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 42 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

85 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of West Hollywood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,062 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined51
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRANKLIN
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRYMAN
26 August 2009Smokingunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Hollywood: 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Clay, Calcium. 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
Forest Lawn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. JensenClayUnknown
Unnamed AditGold, CopperProspect
Unnamed Calcite OccurrenceCalciumProspect
CahuengaGoldProspect
Brush Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Hollywood in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023Debris FlowWest Hollywood-A significant mud and debris flow damaged a patio at a residence in Beverly Hills.

Every storm 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
Crescent0.7 miles42
Hollywood Heights1.6 miles43
Parklabrea1.7 miles42
Outpost Estates1.7 miles43
Whitley Heights1.9 miles43
Hollywood1.9 miles42
Carthay Circle2.0 miles42
Trousdale Estates2.1 miles49

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 West HollywoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q846421The 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 1652810. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.