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Mountclef Village, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Thousand Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91360. It lies near Mount Clef. The Survey maps it on the Newbury Park quadrangle.

Mountclef Village within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1979

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 Mountclef Village, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Mountclef Village, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Mountclef Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43,215 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaHAMPSHIRE
30 August 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGREENMEADOW
17 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 August 2015Smoking198 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
12 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mountclef Village: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Moorpark Home Acres2.9 miles26
Moorpark3.5 miles26
Greenwich Village3.7 miles30
Virginia Colony3.8 miles27
Newbury Park3.9 miles28
Ternez (historical)4.0 miles26
North Ranch4.1 miles30
Lagol4.5 miles26

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.

Wikidata item Q122539717The 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 255651. 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.