Casmalia, California

Coordinates: 34°50′15″N 120°31′52″W / 34.83750°N 120.53111°W / 34.83750; -120.53111
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Casmalia
805
GNIS feature ID2582965
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casmalia, California

Casmalia (

area code 805
. The population was 138 at the 2010 census.

History

Casmalia is located on the 1840 Mexican land grant, Rancho Casmalia. The formal town was founded by Antonio Tognazzini in the mid-1890s and was then named Someo, after the village of origin of the Tognazzini family, Someo, Switzerland.[5] When the post office was opened, however, it was named Casmalia, rather than Someo, because of a name conflict with another California town and the name, Someo, was eventually dropped.

The new railroad town soon swelled to more than 1500 people in its early years. 100 years later, that population had shrunk to less than 200 because of the Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Landfill facility. During the heyday of the Casmalia Oil Field, the present town served as the red light district for the Union Oil Company workers who lived in the nearby Casmalia Hills.[6]

1.2 miles (1.9 km) north of the town, this 252-acre (1.02 km2)

pesticides. In 1989, the facility was closed down following a number of permit violations. In 1992, it was taken over by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which began the process of cleaning up and administering the site.[7]

The soil and groundwater at the site were significantly contaminated and the former dump became a

Superfund site. During its operation, 5.6 billion pounds of hazardous waste from up to 10,000 individuals, businesses and government agencies were buried at the site.[8]

The public area of the hotel built by Antonio Tognazzini and operated by Frank A. Vandoit more than 100 years ago still exists, although the guest rooms were torn down in 1944. The building is now occupied by The Hitching Post barbecue restaurant.

The superfund site still continues to be worked on over the hill.[9]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2), all of it land.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification system, Casmalia has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[10]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020147—
U.S. Decennial Census[11]

The

Latino
of any race were 58 persons (42.0%).

The Census reported that 138 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 57 households, out of which 16 (28.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 20 (35.1%) were

families
(56.1% of all households); the average family size was 3.16.

The population was spread out, with 29 people (21.0%) under the age of 18, 11 people (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 31 people (22.5%) aged 25 to 44, 47 people (34.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 20 people (14.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.

There were 61 housing units at an average density of 323.7 per square mile (125.0/km2), of which 29 (50.9%) were owner-occupied, and 28 (49.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7%. 71 people (51.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 67 people (48.6%) lived in rental housing units.

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casmalia, California
  3. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
    .
  4. ISBN 0936784156
    .
  5. ^ One Hundred Years Ago: 1896 by Wilmar N. Tognazzini, Compiler, http://wntog.tripod.com/96.html Archived 2011-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 39.
  7. ^ Finucane, Stephanie (October 1, 1995). "EPA Fights to Contain Casmalia Toxins". Santa Barbara News-Press. pp. B1.
  8. ^ Emily Bosanquet (October 1, 2001). "CASMALIA WETLAND MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES FOR THE CASMALIA RESOURCES DISPOSAL SITE" (PDF). Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  9. ^ Casmalia Resources Superfund Site, https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0901257
  10. ^ Climate Summary for Casmalia, California
  11. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Casmalia CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
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