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Fillmore, 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 Pole Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fillmore quadrangle. 16,419 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Fillmore 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 Fillmore, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Fillmore, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

On record in Fillmore

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Fillmore grew from 1,597 to 16,419 between 1920 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
19201,597
201015,002
202016,419+1,417 (+9%)

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

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Fillmore between 1996 and 2020, burning about 58,679 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/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
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
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestGOODENOUGH 1
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.2 acresLos Padres National ForestGOODENOUGH 2
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
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Fillmore: 7 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 7 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
Terminal QuarryStonePast Producer
Fillmore DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Grimes Canyon AreaUraniumOccurrence
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henley ClaimStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
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

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fillmore in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 wildfire, 3 flash flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
May 1996WildfireFillmore3 hurtno account filed
April 1996WildfireFillmore2 hurtno account filed
August 2023Flash FloodFillmore-Near the community of Fillmore, the swift water rescue team initiated several rescues from the Santa Clara River.
August 2023Flash FloodFillmore-Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of Fillmore. Significant flooding was reported on Highway 126.
January 2008Flash FloodFillmore-California Highway Patrol reported several inches of mud across the road at the intersection of Guiberson Road and Chambersburg Road.
December 2000WildfireFillmore-no account filed

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
North Fillmore1.0 miles29
Brownstone (historical)1.1 miles29
Sespe1.7 miles29
Bardsdale2.1 miles26
Sespe Village2.2 miles29
Keith2.2 miles29
Oak Village2.4 miles29
Cavin3.6 miles29

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 FillmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q985346The 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 1652710. 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.