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Casitas Springs, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ojai-Mira Monte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93001. It lies near Fresno Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ventura quadrangle. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Casitas Springs within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Casitas Springs, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Casitas Springs, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

74 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Casitas Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 6,451 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined48
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestBOAT
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use30 acresLos Padres National ForestCASITAS
5 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Padres National ForestCASITAS
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLos Padres National ForestLABOR
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestRED
16 September 2006Missing 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 Casitas Springs: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Connett PitClayPast Producer
Santa Barbara Portable PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shell Oil Co.ClayPast Producer
Ventura River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Foster Park1.3 miles29
Weldons1.9 miles29
Oak View2.0 miles28
Live Oak Acres2.5 miles28
North Ventura2.7 miles29
Ortonville3.5 miles29
Wadstrom3.9 miles29
Mira Monte4.4 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.

Wikipedia article on Casitas SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5048954The 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 240315. 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.