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Leesdale, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camarillo census division. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Camarillo quadrangle.

Leesdale within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leesdale, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Leesdale, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

43 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Leesdale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. None 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/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
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
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
15 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
6 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leesdale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Hawley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rancho QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Sucrosa (historical)1.6 miles27
Springville1.7 miles27
Spanish Hills2.3 miles27
Nyland2.7 miles24
Old Town3.1 miles27
Camarillo3.6 miles27
Oxnard4.1 miles24
El Rio4.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252920. 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.