Old Town, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93010. The Survey maps it on the Camarillo quadrangle.

Old Town within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Town, surveyed 1982

Topographic sheet of Old Town, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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.

1904 USGS Hueneme quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1942 USGS Hueneme quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Hueneme quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Camarillo quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
1951 USGS Camarillo quadrangle1:24000
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

Fires near this place

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 2005 and 2020, burning about 24,422 acres in total. None 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	11
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
30 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ventura County Fire Department	not named
15 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
23 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Ventura County Fire Department	LEWIS
23 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	CONEJO GRADE
16 July 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
15 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
14 July 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
13 July 2010	Recreation and ceremony	68 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not 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 Old Town: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Camarillo Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hawley Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mary Smith Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Rancho Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Camarillo	0.5 miles	27
Sucrosa (historical)	1.8 miles	27
Springville	2.7 miles	27
Spanish Hills	2.7 miles	27
Leisure Village	3.1 miles	28
Leesdale	3.1 miles	27
Somis (historical)	3.2 miles	27
Somis	3.9 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1871326. 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.