Oaklawn Bridge and Waiting Station

The 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.

1894 1979

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Oaklawn Bridge and Waiting Station between 2002 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 16 workings within 5 miles of Oaklawn Bridge and Waiting Station: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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.

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Pasadena, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

United 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 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 Altadena quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:24000
• 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
• 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000

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
	Merwin House	0.2 miles	2013
	Howard Longley House	0.2 miles	1974
	Garfield House	0.2 miles	1973
	South Pasadena Historic District	0.3 miles	1982
	Rialto Theatre	0.4 miles	1978
	Adobe Flores	0.4 miles	1973