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.
Then and now
1904 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMira 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,854 | |
| 2020 | 6,618 | -236 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Matilija quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Matilija quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | BOAT |
| 5 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | CASITAS |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | LABOR |
| 3 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | DAM |
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 22 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | FARNHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer Can No. 12 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Matilija Hot Springs | Geothermal | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Barbara Portable Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schmidt Ojai Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meiners Oaks | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Matilija | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Arbolada | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Live Oak Acres | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Ojai | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Oak View | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Ojala | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Matilija Springs | 3.6 miles | 28 |
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 Monte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2484729 | The 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.









