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Photograph of Camarillo Ranch House
Photograph by Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Camarillo Ranch House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Camarillo Ranch House, also known as Rancho Calleguas and Adolfo Camarillo House, is a Queen Anne-style Victorian house in Camarillo, California. Built in 1892, the 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) house was designed by architects Herman Anlauf and Franklin Ward.”

Wikipedia article Camarillo Ranch House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 201 Camarillo Ranch Rd., Camarillo, 93012
  • When was it listed? February 2003
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Camarillo
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 03000039 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Camarillo Ranch House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 24,538 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
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
7 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaKIMBER
30 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreVentura County Fire Departmentnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaWENDY
24 August 2004Equipment and vehicle use90 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFREEWAY
15 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresVentura County Fire DepartmentLEWIS
23 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCONEJO GRADE
17 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Ventura County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Camarillo Ranch House: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Camarillo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hawley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mary Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rancho QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ventura County

Storms near this property

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camarillo, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 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
October 2014Debris FlowCamarillo-Moderate showers produced a mud and debris flow on the 6400 block of San Como Lane in the community of Camarillo. The debris flow occurred near the burn scar of the Springs Fire. Two homes were damaged by mud and one man was trapped for some time in waist-deep mud.
December 2014Flash FloodCamarillo-Intense rainfall over the Springs Fire burn scar generated flash flooding as well as mud and debris flow in the community of Camarillo Springs. A wall of mud and debris severely damaged ten homes with mud up to the roofs of the homes.
March 1999FloodCamarillo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ventura County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Grand Union Hotel6.6 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 03000039 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ventura CountyAll 39 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.