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One of 616 National Register listings published here for Los Angeles County · listed in 2017 · category: Object · built in 1976.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Great Wall of Los Angeles, The
Built in 1976. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 20 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1894.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Section of Tujunga Flood Control Channel bounded by Oxnard St., Coldwater Canyon & Burbank Blvds. & Coldwater Canyon Rd, Los Angeles, 91401
- When was it listed? September 2017
- Category. object
- Also known as. Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS; Latinos in 20th Century California MPS
- Census division. San Fernando Valley
- When was it built? 1976
- National Register reference number. 100001602 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1894 to 1979The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
60 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Great Wall of Los Angeles, The between 2000 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | EAST FIRE |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Los Angeles Fire Department | HARVEY DRIVE FIRE |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRYMAN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Great Wall of Los Angeles, The: 16 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferro-Titan | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Mission Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Brick & Supply Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Co.-Sun Valley Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big Tujunga Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Diamond Corp. - Roscoe Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Boulevard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| California Materials Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Concrete Materials Co. Pit/Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cooperative Building Materials Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Angeles, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | East Los Angeles | 1 hurt | A weak tornado developed in the community of Montebello. The EF1 tornado impacted the area around the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue. There was substantial damage to the industrial warehouse and commercial business district, including nearly total roof collapse in one building and a total of 17 damaged structures. Numerous vehicles were damaged due to flying debris. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Angeles | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on Interstate 110 near West 39th Street. |
| February 2026 | Flash Flood | Los Angeles | - | Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding near the intersection of Interstates 10 and 110. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Angeles | - | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees in the South Los Angeles area. |
| March 2002 | High Wind | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Flood | Los Angeles | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
20 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000
- 1926 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Van Nuys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Hollywood Branch | 2.0 miles | 1987 |
 | Van Nuys Branch | 2.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation and Museum | 3.2 miles | 1998 |
 | Rancho El Encino | 3.5 miles | 1971 |
 | Campo de Cahuenga | 3.7 miles | 2003 |
| Campo de Cahuenga | 3.7 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001602 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Los Angeles County | All 616 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.