Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1900.
From the record
“Bardsdale United Methodist Church is a historic church located at 1498 Bardsdale Avenue in the unincorporated community of Bardsdale, California, in Ventura County. It is south of the Santa Clara River approximately 3 miles (5 km) from Fillmore.”
Wikipedia article Bardsdale United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.86001986- 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.
Then and now
1900 to 1979
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19001979
Fires near this property
23 since 2005
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church
between 2005 and 2020, burning about 47,748 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/undetermined
14
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
Equipment and vehicle use
3
Debris and open burning
2
Arson/incendiarism
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 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
22 September 2009
Misuse of fire by a minor
17,463 acres
Central California District
GUIBERSON
4 July 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
Ventura County Fire Department
not named
4 July 2005
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 July 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
22 July 2010
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
15 workings within 5 miles of Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences.
8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Pumice, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Fillmore, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 wildfire, 3 flash flood.
The reports record 5 injuries. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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