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Mission San Buenaventura and Mission Compound Site
Built in 1782. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
From the record
“Mission San Buenaventura, formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor.”
Wikipedia article Mission San Buenaventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 1975 · category: District · built in 1782.
National Register reference number.75000496- 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
51 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Mission San Buenaventura and Mission Compound Site
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,540 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/undetermined
34
Smoking
5
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Arson/incendiarism
3
Debris and open burning
2
Equipment and vehicle use
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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
9 September 2006
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2006
Smoking
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
2.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
24 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
21 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
20 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
17 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
16 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
9 workings within 5 miles of Mission San Buenaventura and Mission Compound Site: 9 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
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.
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