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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.

Thousand Oaks 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 Thousand Oaks, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Thousand Oaks, surveyed 1900

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

Population over time

2 figures

Thousand 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.

YearPeople Change
2010126,683
2020126,966+283 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

115 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentBRUSH
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaHAMPSHIRE
22 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTRIUNFO
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaSHERWOOD
16 September 1993Debris and open burning50 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaLIBERTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ventura MineNickel, CopperOccurrence1932
Ventura MineCopper, NickelPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Ventura MineNickel, CopperProspect
Prospect MineCopperOccurrence
Quality Rock Company Sand and GravlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2000WildfireThousand Oaks2 hurtno account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindThousand 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 1998FloodThousand Oaks-no account filed

Every storm 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
Triunfo Corner1.1 miles30
Greenwich Village1.6 miles30
North Ranch2.0 miles30
Newbury Park4.0 miles28
Oak Park4.0 miles31
Mountclef Village4.9 miles28
Casa Conejo5.7 miles28
Simi Valley7.4 miles27

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 OaksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q208447The 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.