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Greenwich Village, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Thousand Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91360. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Oaks quadrangle.

Greenwich Village within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greenwich Village, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Greenwich Village, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43,274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking6
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentBRUSH
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaHAMPSHIRE
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTRIUNFO
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaSHERWOOD
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaWENDY
30 August 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGREENMEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich Village: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Nickel, Copper, Copper, Nickel. 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
Ventura MineNickel, CopperOccurrence1932
Ventura MineCopper, NickelPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Ventura MineNickel, CopperProspect
Prospect MineCopperOccurrence
Quality Rock Company Sand and GravlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel 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
Thousand Oaks1.6 miles30
Newbury Park2.5 miles28
North Ranch2.6 miles30
Triunfo Corner2.7 miles30
Mountclef Village3.7 miles28
Casa Conejo4.2 miles28
Oak Park5.4 miles31
Moorpark Home Acres6.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660700. 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.