Moorpark, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Moorpark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93021. It lies near Happy Camp Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moorpark quadrangle. 36,284 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1979The 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.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMoorpark grew from 34,421 to 36,284 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 | 34,421 | |
| 2020 | 36,284 | +1,863 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1900 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1921 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Piru quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Moorpark 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
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Moorpark between 1994 and 2020, burning about 36,414 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 12 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 31 July 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Moorpark: 6 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Grimes Canyon Quarry | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Terminal Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grimes Canyon Area | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Grimes Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Strathern Cattle Co. | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Balcom Canyon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Blue Star Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorpark in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Moorpark | - | California Highway Patrol reported heavy rain and flash flooding near the community of Moorpark. Reports indicated flash flooding along Tierra Rejada Drive at Hillside Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Colony | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Epworth | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Moorpark Home Acres | 2.2 miles | 26 | |
| Fairview | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Ternez (historical) | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Mountclef Village | 3.5 miles | 28 | |
| Lagol | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Strathearn | 4.4 miles | 27 |
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 Moorpark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983829 | 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 1652754. 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.










