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Meiners Oaks, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Ojai-Mira Monte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93023. It lies near Krotona Hill. The Survey maps it on the Matilija quadrangle. 3,911 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Meiners Oaks within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meiners Oaks, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Meiners Oaks, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Meiners Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 415 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined63
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
7 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestBOAT
5 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Padres National ForestCASITAS
3 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLos Padres National ForestLABOR
3 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestDAM
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
22 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestFARNHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Meiners Oaks: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Uranium. 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
Beer Can No. 12UraniumOccurrence
Matilija ClaimsLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Matilija Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Schmidt Ojai QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeler Gorge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeler's Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meiners Oaks in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindMeiners Oaks-Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees on the 100 block of Arnaz street in Ojai.
August 2023Flash FloodMeiners Oaks-Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of Ojai. Numerous rocks were reported across Highway 33.

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
Mira Monte1.0 miles28
Matilija1.1 miles28
Arbolada1.1 miles28
Ojai1.9 miles27
Ojala2.8 miles28
Matilija Springs2.9 miles28
Live Oak Acres3.2 miles28
Oak View3.4 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on Meiners OaksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2789372The 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 1661004. 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.