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Arbolada, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ojai-Mira Monte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93023. It lies near Stewart Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Matilija quadrangle.

Arbolada within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arbolada, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Arbolada, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

On record in Arbolada

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Arbolada between 1992 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestDAM
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
22 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestFARNHAM
16 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Padres National ForestMARICOPA
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
13 September 2016Other causesunder an acreLos Padres National ForestGRIDLEY
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Arbolada: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Matilija Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Schmidt Ojai QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeler Gorge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeler's Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Matilija0.6 miles28
Ojai0.8 miles27
Meiners Oaks1.1 miles28
Mira Monte1.8 miles28
Ojala3.2 miles28
Matilija Springs3.4 miles28
Live Oak Acres4.0 miles28
Oak View4.1 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q17142872The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660261. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.