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White Heather, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91390. It lies near Letteau Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sleepy Valley quadrangle.

White Heather within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1915 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of White Heather, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of White Heather, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of White Heather between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74,280 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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
Equipment and vehicle use214
Missing data/not specified/undetermined140
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Smoking7
Other causes6
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestMANURE
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROWHER
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTAGING
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestCELICA
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2011Other causes345 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictWAGON
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSLURRY
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of White Heather: 17 prospects, 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Lead. 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
ActonLead, Gold, SilverProspect
Collecting SiteSemiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerChalcedony, Opal
Collector's LocalitySemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Iron MackTitaniumPast Producer
JoslinSilicaProspect
Silver KingSilver, Lead, Manganese, IronPast ProducerVein
Katz SoapstoneTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Lang MineBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Mint CanyonGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerGypsum
Mint Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteProspect

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
Agua Dulce1.9 miles39
Boiling Point2.4 miles31
The Oaks2.7 miles29
Sleepy Valley3.2 miles29
Mission3.5 miles30
Lincoln Crest4.6 miles29
Russ5.6 miles39
Alpine (historical)5.9 miles39

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 Q122543112The 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 1661680. 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.