Seminole Hot Springs, California

Edit links
Coordinates: 34°06′26″N 118°47′26″W / 34.10722°N 118.79056°W / 34.10722; -118.79056
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Seminole Hot Springs, California
818
GNIS feature ID1661420[1]
Seminole Hot Springs, California
Wheeler's Hot Springs, the plunge at Seminole Hot Springs, Matilija Hot Springs, Soboba Hot Springs
Map
Typegeothermal
Discharge65 liters/minute[2]
Temperature116 °F (47 °C)
Depth2,600 feet (790 m)

Seminole Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Seminole Hot Springs is located in the Santa Monica Mountains near Cornell, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-southeast of Agoura Hills at an elevation of 932 feet (284 m).

History

The settlement began as a resort built around a hot spring. The springs were first identified in 1911, and the spa closed in 1959.

Los Angeles County,[4] the waters of Seminole Hot Springs were "discovered" and then commercialized after oil drillers hit water instead of petroleum.[5] Major fires passed through the area in the 1930s and 1940s.[6] The 1941 American Guide to Los Angeles described Seminole Hot Springs as "a year-round health and pleasure resort resort, with springs, cottages, bathhouse, open-air mineral water plunge, and cafe buried in a copse of sycamores below the level of the road."[7]

Now essentially a suburb of the Agoura–

mobile home community at the location. The Woolsey Fire of 2018 destroyed 100 of the 215 mobile homes at Seminole Hot Springs.[5]

Additional images

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seminole Hot Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Higgins, Chris T.; Therberge, Albert E. Jr.; Ikelman, Joy A. (1980). Geothermal Resources of California (PDF) (Map). NOAA National Geophysical Center. Sacramento: California Department of Mines and Geology.
  3. ^ Morrison, Patt (2021-12-28). "From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  4. hdl:2027/uc1.b3015436. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via HathiTrust
    .
  5. ^ a b Megli-Thuna, Dawn (2018-12-13). "Seminole Springs, a former mountain retreat". The Acorn - Serving Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Oak Park & Westlake Village. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. ^ Greene, Linda W. (1980). A Historical Survey of the Santa Monica Mountains: Preliminary Historic Resource Study, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 41.
  7. hdl:2027/mdp.39015029508374
    . Retrieved 2023-11-11.


Stub icon

This Los Angeles County, California–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seminole_Hot_Springs,_California&oldid=1209316768"