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Winnetka, 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.

Winnetka within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Winnetka, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Winnetka, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 38 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

42 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Winnetka between 2001 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism2
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
23 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
19 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
1 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Winnetka: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Clay, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Chatsworth Park QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Angulo Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Charlton QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
San Valley Tile KilnsClayPast Producer
Southern Pacific QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Clement QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
GilbertStone, DimensionPast 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
Weeks Poultry Colony (historical)0.5 miles38
Canoga Park1.6 miles38
Reseda2.1 miles38
Northridge2.1 miles38
Runnymede Poultry Colony (historical)2.5 miles38
Tarzana2.9 miles37
Sherwood Forest3.3 miles38
Chatsworth3.4 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661701. 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.