West Saticoy, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ventura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93004. It lies near Wason Barranca. The Survey maps it on the Saticoy quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1982The 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.


On record in West Saticoy
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Saticoy Southern Pacific Railroad Depotlisted 2018 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1903 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Saticoy quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Santa Paula quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of West Saticoy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of West Saticoy: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura Rock & Sand Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| El Rio Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| El Rio Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| El Rio Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Knoll Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Santa Clara River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Santa Paula Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saticoy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saticoy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Saticoy in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2023 | Flash Flood | West Saticoy | - | California Highway Patrol reported flash flooding along Highway 126 around the Kimball Road on and off ramps. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saticoy | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Cabrillo Village | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Strickland Acres | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Kimball | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Montalvo | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| El Rio | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Limoneira | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Limon | 3.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122539401 | 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 1661671. 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.










