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Wene'me, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Oxnard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93041. The Survey maps it on the Oxnard quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wene'me within Ventura County

Then and now

1904 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wene'me (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Wene'me (historical), surveyed 1904

On record in Wene'me

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

11 surveys from 24 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

63 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Wene'me (historical) between 2009 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined46
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Port Hueneme0.2 miles24
Silver Strand1.1 miles24
Channel Islands Beach1.4 miles24
Hollywood by the Sea1.6 miles24
Oxnard Beach1.8 miles24
Hollywood Beach2.1 miles24
Oxnard3.5 miles24
Oxnard Shores3.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702946. 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.