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Ojala, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Los Padres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93023. It stands on North Fork Matilija Creek. The Survey maps it on the Matilija quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Ojala 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 Ojala, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Ojala, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Ojala between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,183 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 1996Equipment and vehicle use150 acresLos Padres National ForestCANYON
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
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestSNAKE
22 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestFARNHAM
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Padres National ForestMARICOPA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ojala: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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
Schmidt Ojai QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wheeler Gorge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Argilla ClaimsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lyon SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Matilija ClaimsLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Matilija Hot SpringsGeothermalPast Producer
Ventura Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Wheeler's Hot SpringsGeothermalPast 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
Matilija Springs0.3 miles28
Wheeler Springs1.7 miles25
Vickers Hot Springs2.2 miles28
Meiners Oaks2.8 miles28
Arbolada3.2 miles28
Mira Monte3.6 miles28
Matilija3.6 miles28
Ojai3.9 miles27

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 OjalaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683547The 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 1661136. 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.