Descanso Gardens

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1894 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Descanso Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169,073 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Descanso Gardens: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Granite, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
• 1896 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
• 1900 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
• 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
• 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1928 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
• 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
• 1995 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000

Other 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
	Lanterman House	0.5 miles	1994
	Thomas, Franklin Rosborough "Frank", House	1.5 miles	2015
	Rockhaven Sanitarium Historic District	1.6 miles	2016
	San Rafael Rancho	1.8 miles	1976
	Space Flight Operations Facility	2.2 miles	1985
	Twenty-Five Foot Space Simulator	2.3 miles	1985