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Vandenberg Village, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. The Survey maps it on the Lompoc quadrangle. 7,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.

Vandenberg Village within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vandenberg Village, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Vandenberg Village, surveyed 1905

Population over time

2 figures

Vandenberg Village grew from 6,497 to 7,308 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
20106,497
20207,308+811 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

67 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Vandenberg Village between 2003 and 2020, burning about 14,220 acres in total. None 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined888 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara 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 Vandenberg Village: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Las Cruces QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Tolbert PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Dibble PitDiatomitePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grefco Diatomite MillDiatomiteProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara 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
Mission La Purisima (historical)1.2 miles32
Mission Hills2.2 miles32
Mesa Oaks2.3 miles32
Ellwood Estates3.4 miles32
Acorn (historical)4.1 miles32
Lompoc Village4.7 miles32
Lompoc4.8 miles32
La Salle5.2 miles29

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 Vandenberg VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2793707The 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 1867066. 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.