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Workman, California

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Gate-East Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90280. It stands on Rio Hondo. The Survey maps it on the South Gate quadrangle.

Workman 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 Workman, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Workman, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 46 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

574 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 574 fires within 5 miles of Workman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6,789 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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/undetermined410
Arson/incendiarism56
Smoking51
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Workman: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Simons Brick Co.ClayPast 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
Hollydale1.1 miles46
Morton1.4 miles46
Vinvale1.7 miles46
Lynwood Gardens1.8 miles46
Downey2.0 miles46
Lynwood2.3 miles47
Cudahy2.3 miles46
Clearwater2.3 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 251810. 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.