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West Puente Valley, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91746. It stands on Big Dalton Wash. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin Park quadrangle. 22,959 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

West Puente Valley within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 88 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 Puente Valley, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of West Puente Valley, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

West Puente Valley grew from 22,636 to 22,959 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
201022,636
202022,959+323 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

463 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 463 fires within 5 miles of West Puente Valley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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/undetermined293
Arson/incendiarism54
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing 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 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of West Puente Valley: 29 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, 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
City of Industry PlantCalciumProducer
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
Arrow Sand & Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Baldwin Park Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baldwin Park PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Blue Diamond - Peck Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond - PiersonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Valinda1.4 miles36
Bassett1.5 miles36
Avocado Heights1.6 miles36
West Covina1.9 miles36
Industry2.3 miles36
Baldwin Park2.4 miles36
La Puente2.4 miles36
Hillgrove2.5 miles36

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 Puente ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1719317The 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 1867073. 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.