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Springville, 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. It stands on Beardsley Wash. The Survey maps it on the Camarillo quadrangle.

Springville 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 Springville, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Springville, 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.

Fires near this place

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
15 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresVentura County Fire DepartmentLEWIS
20 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. 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
Hawley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rancho QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
El Rio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Rio Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knoll SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saticoy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saticoy Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Southern Pacific 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
Spanish Hills0.6 miles27
Leesdale1.7 miles27
Nyland2.1 miles24
Sucrosa (historical)2.2 miles27
Old Town2.7 miles27
Camarillo3.1 miles27
El Rio3.7 miles24
Strickland Acres3.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661496. 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.