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Mira Monte, 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. 6,618 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.

Mira Monte 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 Mira Monte, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mira Monte, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Mira Monte fell from 6,854 to 6,618 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20106,854
20206,618-236 (-3%)

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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Mira Monte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Other causes2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mira Monte: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Uranium, 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
Beer Can No. 12UraniumOccurrence
Matilija Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Santa Barbara Portable PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schmidt Ojai 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
Meiners Oaks1.0 miles28
Matilija1.4 miles28
Arbolada1.8 miles28
Live Oak Acres2.2 miles28
Ojai2.4 miles27
Oak View2.5 miles28
Ojala3.6 miles28
Matilija Springs3.6 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 Mira MonteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2484729The 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 1661036. 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.