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.
Then and now
1900 to 1995The 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.


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
Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1986
Population over time
3 figuresFillmore 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,597 | |
| 2010 | 15,002 | |
| 2020 | 16,419 | +1,417 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1921 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fillmore quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Fillmore quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1996Regional 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 17,463 acres | Central California District | GUIBERSON |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | GOODENOUGH 1 |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.2 acres | Los Padres National Forest | GOODENOUGH 2 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 2 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fillmore Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Grimes Canyon Area | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Grimes Canyon Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Grimes Canyon Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Grimes Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henley Claim | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Strathern Cattle Co. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sunset Plaster & Cement Co. | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Balcom Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Wildfire | Fillmore | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Wildfire | Fillmore | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fillmore | - | Near the community of Fillmore, the swift water rescue team initiated several rescues from the Santa Clara River. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fillmore | - | Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of Fillmore. Significant flooding was reported on Highway 126. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Fillmore | - | California Highway Patrol reported several inches of mud across the road at the intersection of Guiberson Road and Chambersburg Road. |
| December 2000 | Wildfire | Fillmore | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fillmore | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| Brownstone (historical) | 1.1 miles | 29 | |
| Sespe | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Bardsdale | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Sespe Village | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Keith | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Oak Village | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Cavin | 3.6 miles | 29 |
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 Fillmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985346 | The 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.











