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Community Center, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Simi Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93065. It lies near Meier Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Simi Valley East quadrangle.

Community Center within Ventura County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Community Center, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Community Center, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Community Center between 1994 and 2020, burning about 99,226 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresVentura County Fire DepartmentCOVINGTON
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaLATIGO
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined61 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentCROWN
9 August 2005Missing 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Community Center: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Santa Susana QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bixby Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Runkle Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tapo Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tapo Canyon QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Santa Susana1.5 miles32
Simi Valley2.3 miles27
Strathearn3.4 miles27
Santa Susana Knolls3.4 miles37
Corriganville3.7 miles37
Chatsworth Lake Manor5.7 miles40
Oak Park6.4 miles31
Virginia Colony6.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660504. 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.