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Stauffer, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Los Padres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93225. It stands on Amargosa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuddy Valley quadrangle.

Stauffer within Ventura County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stauffer, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Stauffer, surveyed 1903

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

77 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Stauffer between 1993 and 2019, burning about 408 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 4 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestFRAIZER 1
23 September 1999Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestADAMS
23 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestHILLSIDE
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestMIDDLE
19 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestMOUNTAIN
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestPINOS
18 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestMCGILL
17 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Padres National ForestGRADE

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Stauffer: 26 prospects, 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Bentonite. 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
Clay DepositBentoniteProspect
Ridgelite Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrencePlatinumUnknown
Bitter Creek Borate WorkingsBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1898
Borate ProspectsBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1898
Columbus MineBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1899, 1902
Eureka ClaimGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1898
Frazier MineBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1898, 1899, 1907
Frazier MountainBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1898, 1899, 1913
Middle Fork Creek Borate DepositsBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1898

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
Howell Place19.9 miles28
Wheeler Springs20.8 miles25
Ojala22.3 miles28
Matilija Springs22.6 miles28
Camp Bartlett22.6 miles28
Sulphur Springs22.6 miles28
Vickers Hot Springs22.8 miles28
Ojai23.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 273895. 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.