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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.

West Saticoy within Ventura County

Then and now

1903 to 1982

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 West Saticoy, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of West Saticoy, surveyed 1903

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

44 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2006Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
15 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 August 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ventura Rock & Sand Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
El Rio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Rio PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Rio Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Knoll SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Clara River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Paula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saticoy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saticoy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023Flash FloodWest Saticoy-California Highway Patrol reported flash flooding along Highway 126 around the Kimball Road on and off ramps.

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
Saticoy0.6 miles26
Cabrillo Village0.8 miles26
Strickland Acres1.9 miles26
Kimball2.5 miles26
Montalvo3.2 miles26
El Rio3.4 miles24
Limoneira3.6 miles26
Limon3.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122539401The 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.