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Woodland Hills, 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 91364. The Survey maps it on the Canoga Park quadrangle.

Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Woodland Hills, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,654 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Angeles Fire DepartmentBRUSH
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALABASAS
26 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaPOLE
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaQUEENS
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaPARKWAY CALABASAS
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaAMBER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Woodland Hills: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
GilbertStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationStoneProducer
Angulo Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
San Valley Tile KilnsClayPast 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
Calabasas1.9 miles40
Canoga Park2.3 miles38
Hidden Hills2.5 miles40
Tarzana2.8 miles37
Glenview3.0 miles40
Santa Maria3.0 miles37
Weeks Poultry Colony (historical)3.1 miles38
Calabasas Highlands3.3 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661708. 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.