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Strathearn, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Simi Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93065. It lies near Brea Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Simi Valley West quadrangle.

Strathearn within Ventura County

Then and now

1900 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Strathearn, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Strathearn, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

On record in Strathearn

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Strathearn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,479 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined30
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresVentura County Fire DepartmentCOVINGTON
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaLATIGO
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
18 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Strathearn: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bixby Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Runkle Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel 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
Simi Valley1.2 miles27
Virginia Colony3.2 miles27
Community Center3.4 miles32
Moorpark4.4 miles26
Santa Susana4.8 miles32
Mountclef Village5.3 miles28
Epworth5.4 miles26
North Ranch5.9 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q122541959The 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 1661511. 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.