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Lagol, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Las Posas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93066. It lies near Long Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moorpark quadrangle.

Lagol 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 Lagol, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Lagol, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lagol between 1994 and 2020, burning about 58,812 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
6 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
12 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
31 July 1994Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCONEJO GRADE
17 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresVentura 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lagol: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Ridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lagol in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
February 2025Thunderstorm WindLagol-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 MPH was reported at Las Posas Hills 2 sensor.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindLagol-Severe thunderstorm winds, gusting up to 60 MPH, knocked down several trees on Stockton Road near Balcom Road.
December 2023Flash FloodLagol-California Highway Patrol reported significant on Highway 118 at the intersection with Grimes Canyon Road. The flood waters eroded part of the road.

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
Ternez (historical)0.8 miles26
Moorpark Home Acres1.9 miles26
Somis2.6 miles26
Somis (historical)3.2 miles27
Fairview3.7 miles26
Moorpark3.8 miles26
Leisure Village4.1 miles28
Epworth4.4 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122550147The 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 1660872. 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.