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Cavin, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93015. It lies near Fairview Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Piru quadrangle.

Cavin within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cavin, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cavin, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cavin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 42,578 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestMULTIPLE
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresHopper Mountain National Wildlife RefugeSANCTUARY
5 August 1997Arson/incendiarism24,800 acresCentral California DistrictHOPPER
8 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cavin: 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Pumice, 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
Cic ProspectGoldProspect
Fillmore DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Terminal QuarryStonePast Producer
Grimes Canyon AreaUraniumOccurrence
Strathern Cattle Co.UraniumOccurrence
Balcom Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Ridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quality ItSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cavin in 2 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2026Thunderstorm WindCavin-Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 71 MPH, were reported at the Wiley Ridge RAWS.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindCavin-The Wiley Ridge RAWS reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 MPH.

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
Buckhorn1.8 miles29
Piru3.3 miles33
Fillmore3.6 miles29
North Fillmore4.5 miles29
Brownstone (historical)4.6 miles29
Bardsdale4.7 miles26
Camulos5.0 miles33
Sespe5.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660450. 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.