Thousand Oaks, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Thousand Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91362. It lies near Skeleton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Oaks quadrangle. 126,966 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1979The 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.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
On record in Thousand Oaks
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 2 records
Case Study House No. 28listed 2013
Joel McCrea Ranchlisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresThousand Oaks grew from 126,683 to 126,966 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 126,683 | |
| 2020 | 126,966 | +283 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Triunfo Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1921 USGS Triunfo Pass quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Russell Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Triunfo Pass quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Thousand Oaks quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Thousand Oaks 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
- 1976 USGS Thousand Oaks quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Thousand Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,151 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | BRUSH |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | HAMPSHIRE |
| 22 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | TRIUNFO |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | SHERWOOD |
| 16 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | LIBERTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Thousand Oaks: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Nickel, Copper, Copper, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura Mine | Nickel, Copper | Occurrence | 1932 | |
| Ventura Mine | Copper, Nickel | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Ventura Mine | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Mine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Quality Rock Company Sand and Gravl | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thousand Oaks in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 wildfire. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Wildfire | Thousand Oaks | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thousand Oaks | - | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds in the community of Thousand Oaks. Twelve power poles were knocked down along Thousand Oaks Boulevard. Six automobiles were struck by these fallen power poles. |
| March 1998 | Flood | Thousand Oaks | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triunfo Corner | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Greenwich Village | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| North Ranch | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Newbury Park | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Oak Park | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Mountclef Village | 4.9 miles | 28 | |
| Casa Conejo | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Simi Valley | 7.4 miles | 27 |
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 Thousand Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q208447 | The 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 1661567. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













