BURBANK, a city of Los Angeles county, California, U.S.A., in the San Fernando valley, I r m. north-west of Los Angeles. It is served by the Southern Pacific railway. Natural gas and crude oil come in pipe lines from the Bakersfield district. There are nu merous and varied industries, including motion picture studios. The city was incorporated in 1911. In 1920 the population was 2,913; in 1930 it was 16,662 by the Federal census. The assessed valuation of property in 1926 was $14,586,398.