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topography
Topographical relief map of the San Fernando Valley as it was in 1912 (Turnbull, 2013).
Figure 1. Topographical relief map of the San Fernando Valley as it was in 1912 (Turnbull, 2013).
Woodland Hills contains two distinct topographies: the flats found north of Ventura Blvd. and east of Woodlake Ave., and the hills found at the southern and western parts of Woodland Hills as they begin their ascent into the Santa Monica Mountains.
Adjoining the Santa Monica mountains are the Chalk Hills, which is a small north-south running range located between De Soto and Winnetka Avenues, from south of Ventura Blvd. to near Victory Blvd. at Pierce College (Architectural Resources Group, Inc. 2013).
Figure 2. Chalk Hill got its name from the ‘mountain’ of white chalk-like marine shale around Pierce College (U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d.).
The average elevation in the San Fernando Valley is 1,627 ft (496 m); the maximum elevation is 9,836 ft (2998 m) (Tessanet, n.d.).
Figure 3. Colour map of topography in Woodland Hills (Tessanet, n.d.).
References
Architectural Resources Group, Inc. (2013, March.) Historic Resources Survey Report. [PDF]. https://preservation.lacity.org/files/Canoga%20Park%20Survey%20Report%203.12.13.pdf [archive].
Tessanet. (n.d.). San Fernando Valley topographic map, elevation, terrain. [TessaDEM provides an elevation database representing the Earth terrain by combining 30-meter spatial resolution and tree height bias removal.] https://en-us.topographic-map.com/map-sqwlf3/San-Fernando-Valley/?center=34.1642%2C-118.62355&zoom=15&base=4
Turnbull, M. (2013, August 22). Topographical map of Los Angeles from 1912. Martin Turnbull: author of Hollywood’s Garden of Allah novels. https://martinturnbull.com/2013/08/22/topographical-map-of-los-angeles-from-1912/
U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.) Chalk Hill. https://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/(ctype=areaDetails&xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&carea=%24ROOT&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2)/.do [archive].