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Bardsdale, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93015. It lies near Grimes Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moorpark quadrangle. It stands 430 feet above sea level.

Bardsdale within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bardsdale, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bardsdale, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

On record in Bardsdale

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Bardsdale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 47,748 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor17,463 acresCentral California DistrictGUIBERSON
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
4 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bardsdale: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Pumice, Uranium. 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
South Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Terminal QuarryStonePast Producer
Fillmore DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Grimes Canyon AreaUraniumOccurrence
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Strathern Cattle Co.UraniumOccurrence
Sunset Plaster & Cement Co.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Balcom Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bardsdale in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 3 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Flash FloodBardsdale-Flash flooding and debris flows were reported on Balcom Canyon Road. One vehicle was stuck in mud that flowed across the roadway.
February 2024Flash FloodBardsdale-Flash flooding resulted in the closure of Guiberson Road between Highway 23 and Torrey Road.
January 2023Flash FloodBardsdale-Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding across Grimes Canyon Road. One vehicle was stuck in rising flood waters.

Every storm 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
Sespe Village1.6 miles29
Fillmore2.1 miles29
Keith2.1 miles29
Oak Village2.2 miles29
Sespe2.2 miles29
North Fillmore2.4 miles29
Brownstone (historical)2.6 miles29
Fairview4.0 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on BardsdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4860217The 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 269673. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.