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Limon, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Santa Paula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93060. It lies near Haines Barranca. The Survey maps it on the Santa Paula quadrangle.

Limon within Ventura County

Then and now

1903 to 1982

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 Limon, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Limon, surveyed 1903

On record in Limon

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

36 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Limon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10,512 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Limon: 9 producers, 4 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Southern Pacific QuarryStonePast Producer
Asbury PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Rio Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knoll SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Clara River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Paula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Paula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Paula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saticoy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Haines0.4 miles27
Limoneira1.2 miles26
Saticoy3.4 miles26
Santa Paula3.5 miles27
West Saticoy3.7 miles26
Cabrillo Village4.1 miles26
Kevet4.6 miles27
Strickland Acres4.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252922. 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.