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Oak Village, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fillmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93015. It stands on Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fillmore quadrangle.

Oak Village within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Village, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Oak Village, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Oak Village between 1996 and 2020, burning about 11,082 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
4 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
2 June 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
11 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
1 June 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Oak Village: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Pumice, 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
Grimes Canyon AreaUraniumOccurrence
South Mountain DepositStone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Terminal QuarryStonePast Producer
Fillmore DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryPumiceProducer
Grimes Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sunset Plaster & Cement Co.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Moorpark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Ridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Keith0.2 miles29
Sespe Village0.6 miles29
Sespe0.9 miles29
North Fillmore1.9 miles29
Brownstone (historical)1.9 miles29
Bardsdale2.2 miles26
Fillmore2.4 miles29
Kevet4.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 272756. 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.