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Willowbrook, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Compton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90059. The Survey maps it on the Inglewood quadrangle. 24,295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Willowbrook within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

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 Willowbrook, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Willowbrook, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Willowbrook fell from 35,983 to 24,295 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
201035,983
202024,295-11,688 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

392 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Willowbrook between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/undetermined279
Smoking36
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning11

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Willowbrook: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silica. 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
Miller Bros. Truck Co.- Vollmer PitSilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Atkinson PitClayPast Producer
City Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Higgins Brick & Tile Co.-GardenaClayPast Producer

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
Nickerson Gardens1.1 miles47
Willow Brook1.3 miles47
Athens1.4 miles42
South Los Angeles1.4 miles42
Imperial Courts1.6 miles47
Watts1.8 miles47
West Rancho Dominguez1.8 miles40
Hacienda Village1.8 miles47

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 WillowbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1898553The 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 1867074. 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.