County of Los Angeles Land Use Survey Maps: Finding Aid LACoPRC
Maps
Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti.
The Huntington Library
2014
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Note
Finding aid last updated on August 23, 2023 by Mari Khasmanyan.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: County of Los Angeles Land Use Survey Maps
Creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning
Commission.
Identifier/Call Number: LACoPRC Maps
Physical Description:
36 Linear Feet
(16 volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1936-1939
Abstract: This collection contains 17 atlases (in
16 volumes) of land use maps for areas in Los Angeles County, California, made between 1936
and 1939. The maps were created by the Regional Planning Commission of the County of Los
Angeles in conjunction with the Work Projects Administration (WPA) for use in preparing the
County's Master Plan of Land Use.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. County of Los Angeles Land Use Survey Maps, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, 1983.
Historical Note
The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission was formed in 1922 to advise the Board
of Supervisors on all planning issues. In January 1936, the Federal Work Projects
Administration, under the sponsorship of the Regional Planning Commission, began conducting
a survey of natural land types and existing land cover and use in the Los Angeles
metropolitan area, to facilitate the creation of a Master Plan of Land Use, as required by
the 1937 California Planning Act. The survey was completed in July 1940 and culminated in
volumes of colored maps, charts, and tables, and land use reports and recommendations.
Scope and Content
This collection contains 17 atlases (in 16 volumes) of land use survey maps for areas in
Los Angeles County, California, made between 1936 and 1939. The maps were created by the
Regional Planning Commission of the County of Los Angeles in conjunction with the Work
Projects Administration (WPA) for use in preparing the County's Master Plan of Land Use.
Regions were grouped according to United States Census Tracts, and the maps survey the
cities and tracts included in the statistical areas of Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Burbank,
Compton, El Monte, Glendale/La Canada, Inglewood, Long Beach, North (Covina area), Puente
Hills, Pomona, the San Gabriel Valley, Santa Monica, Southeast/Norwalk, Torrance/San Pedro,
Vernon, and Whittier. The maps are colored to reflect different classifications of land uses
including open land, farming, residence, commerce, industry, utility, institution, and
recreation.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff. In 2014, Diann Benti created the finding aid. In
August 2023, Mari Khasmanyan updated the container information and included the total linear
feet of the collection.
Existence and Location of Copies
Related materials in the Huntington Library
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Land use
survey, County of Los Angeles: classification of land uses. A report on W.P.A. project
L9785; official project no. 665-07-3-65,
Call number: 499020
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Master plan of
land use : inventory and classification / County of Los Angeles regional planning
district,
Call number: 499023
-
Calvin S.
Hamilton Papers,
Call number: 605981
-
Los
Angeles County Regional Planning Commission. Los Angeles County Land Use Maps on
Slides,
LACoPRC Slides
-
Southern
California Regional Planning Collection,
Call number: 605982
Arrangement
The atlases are arranged numerically according to the book numbers written on the volume
covers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Land use -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps
Regional planning -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps
Zoning -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Maps
Alhambra (Calif.) -- Maps
Beverly Hills (Calif.) -- Maps
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) -- Maps
Compton (Calif.) -- Maps
El Monte (Calif.) -- Maps
Glendale (Calif.) -- Maps
Inglewood (Calif.) -- Maps
La Cañada (Calif.) -- Maps
La Puente (Calif.) -- Maps
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Maps
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Maps
Norwalk (Calif.) -- Maps
Pomona (Calif.) -- Maps
San Gabriel (Calif.) -- Maps
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Maps
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Maps
Torrance (Calif.) -- Maps
Vernon (Calif.) -- Maps
Whittier (Calif.) -- Maps
Maps
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors, donor
United States. Work Projects Administration
Volume 1
Book 1. Whittier
1936
Whittier
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Whittier. There is a key, two
inserts, and thirty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 2
Book 2. North (Covina area)
1936
North (Covina area)
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Covina, West Covina, Azusa, and
Glendora. There are two inserts, a key, and forty-two leaves of maps.
Volume 3
Book 3. Pomona
1936
Pomona
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Pomona, Claremont, and La Verne.
There are four inserts, a key, and twenty-four leaves of maps.
Volume 4
Book 4. Southeast / Norwalk
1936
Southeast/Norwalk
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Artesia, Norwalk, and Santa Fe
Springs. There are two inserts, a key, and twenty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 5
Book 5. Compton
1936
Compton
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Compton and Watts. There are two
inserts, a key, and thirty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 6
Book 6. El Monte
1936
El Monte
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around El Monte and Arcadia. There are
two inserts, a key, and thirty-seven leaves of maps.
Volume 7
Book 7. Vernon
1936-1937
Vernon
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Vernon, Southgate, Huntington
Park, Bell, Montebello, and Maywood. There are two inserts, a key, and thirty-two
leaves of maps.
Volume 8
Book 8. Inglewood
1936-1937
Inglewood
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Inglewood, Hawthorne, El
Segundo, Gardena, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance. There
are two inserts, a key, and thirty-nine leaves of maps.
Volume 9
Book 9. Torrance/San Pedro
1936-1937;
1939
Torrance/San Pedro
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around San Pedro (Los Angeles),
Wilmington, Harbor City, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, Torrance, and Redondo Beach.
There are two inserts, a key, and fifty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 10
Book 10. Long Beach
1936-1937
Long Beach
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Long Beach and Signal Hill.
There are two inserts, a key, and thirty-eight leaves of maps.
Volume 11
Book 11. Puente Hills area
1936-1937
Puente Hills area
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the Puente Hills area. There are two inserts, a
key, and thirty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 12
Book 12. Santa Monica
1937-1939
Santa Monica
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the area around Santa Monica. There are two
inserts, a key, and thirty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 13
Book 13A. Beverly Hills
1937; 1939
Beverly Hills
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the areas around Beverly Hills, Culver City,
Inglewood, and a large part of the city of Los Angeles, including Hollywood, La Brea,
Los Felis (or Feliz), central and south central Los Angeles, and part of downtown.
There are five inserts, a key, and thirty-six leaves of maps.
Volume 14
Book 14. Alhambra
1936-1937
Alhambra
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the areas around Alhambra, Monterey Park, South
Pasadena, San Marino, Pasadena, Glendale, and several neighborhoods in the city of Los
Angeles. There are five inserts, a key, and twenty-one leaves of maps.
Volume 15
Book 17. San Gabriel Valley
1936-1939
San Gabriel Valley
Scope and Contents
Bound into the front of volume 18. Title supplied by cataloger.
Volume 15
Book 18. Glendale/La Cañada area
1939
Glendale/La Cañada area
Scope and Contents
11 sheets from volume 17 bound between cover and sheet 01. A volume of land use maps
focused on the areas around Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Altadena, and Pasadena.
There are thirty leaves of maps.
Volume 16
Book 19. Burbank
1939
Burbank
Scope and Contents
A volume of land use maps focused on the areas around Burbank, Los Angeles, North
Hollywood, and Glendale. There are twenty leaves of maps.
