Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
From the record
“Thomas Aquinas Chapel is a former Catholic chapel located in Ojai, in Ventura County of southern California. It now houses the city's museum, research library, and historical society.”
Wikipedia article St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel (Ojai, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Ventura County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.95000785- 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
1903 to 1995
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19031995
Fires near this property
74 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 74 fires within 5 miles of St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 309 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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
32
Equipment and vehicle use
14
Arson/incendiarism
7
Misuse of fire by a minor
6
Recreation and ceremony
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Other causes
2
Debris and open burning
1
Fireworks
1
Natural
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
5 September 2005
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
3 September 2000
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Los Padres National Forest
DAM
22 September 1992
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Los Padres National Forest
FARNHAM
16 September 2016
Power generation/transmission/distribution
under an acre
Los Padres National Forest
MARICOPA
13 September 2016
Other causes
under an acre
Los Padres National Forest
GRIDLEY
9 August 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
31 August 2002
Natural
under an acre
Los Padres National Forest
GORGE
3 August 2017
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
5 workings within 5 miles of St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Ojai, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 lightning.
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.
Strong thunderstorms generated gusty winds in the community of Ojai. Law enforcement reported a couple trees were blown down in the 1000 block of Rancho Drive.
Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Ladera Canyon Road near the community of Ojai. Swift water rescue team had to rescue a couple people trapped in a vehicle, due to the flood waters.
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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