Quartz Hill

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Quartz Hill

Total population

11,510

Elevation761 m

Land area9.75 km²

Weather97°F · Sunny

Coordinates34.65°, -118.22°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Quartz Hill is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The name is also shared with the neighboring district areas of its border cities, Palmdale, and Lancaster. Quartz Hill was once home to the Quartz Hill Airport. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Quartz Hill as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 11,447 at the 2020 census, up from 10,912 at the 2010 census. According to the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance report of 2009, the Palmdale / Lancaster urban area of which Quartz Hill is a part, has a population of 483,998.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Quartz Hill, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Nearby places in California

• Leona Valley
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,465
• Littlerock
  16 mi away
• Lake Los Angeles
  22.1 mi away · pop. 13,051
• La Crescenta-Montrose
  29 mi away
• Mountain Meadows
  32.9 mi away
• North Edwards
  35.7 mi away · pop. 903
• East Pasadena
  36.5 mi away
• Piñon Hills
  36.6 mi away
• Duarte
  37.1 mi away · pop. 22,184
• Piru
  37.6 mi away
• North El Monte
  39.5 mi away
• Boron
  40.2 mi away · pop. 2,698

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Quartz Hill

Three years in California [1846-1849]

Walter Colton · 1850

Twelve years in the mines of California

Lawson B. Patterson · 1862

Decisions of Commissioner of General Land Office, and Secretary of Interior, in matter of Keystone Consolidated Mining Company, Original Amador Mining Company, Bunker Hill Quartz Mining Company, Eureka Quartz Mining Company, and town site of AmadorCity vs. State of California, involving right of State of California to school sections which are mineral in character

1873

Three Years in California

John David Borthwick · 1857

Roughing It

Mark Twain · 1872

Materials and devices for laser remote sensing and optical communication

Astrid Aksnes · 2008

Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 3

Stuart Wilensky · 2009

Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 2

Stuart Wilensky · 2005

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