Howell Place, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ojai-Mira Monte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93023. It sits by Topatopa Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Santa Paula Peak quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1903 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Santa Paula Peak quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Santa Paula Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Howell Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 286,681 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | BIG CONE |
| 15 September 2001 | Fireworks | 190 acres | Los Padres National Forest | SANTA PAULA |
| 1 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 8 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | SISAR |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | FORK |
| 3 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | HORN |
| 28 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Los Padres National Forest | CANYON |
| 21 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Los Padres National Forest | REEVES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Howell Place: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Boron-Borates, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borate Prospects | Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1898 | |
| Sulphur Mountain Springs | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Ojai Gypsum Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Bartlett | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Teagueville (historical) | 4.7 miles | 28 | |
| Ojai | 6.7 miles | 27 | |
| Arbolada | 7.5 miles | 28 | |
| Matilija | 7.7 miles | 28 | |
| Kevet | 8.5 miles | 27 | |
| Santa Paula | 8.6 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660773. 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.











