Casa Loma, Santa Clara County, California
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Casa Loma along with Loma Chiquita are private roads, in a rural area of Santa Clara County
covering over 5,500 acres (22.3 km²) with an unofficial population of 175. Both names are marginalized with Loma Chiquita appearing in the US Geological Survey's National Geographic Names Database as feature ID 227487.
Use of the name Casa Loma is supported by the existence of Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Association (CLVFA) The fire department has some level of official recognition and is dispatched by the California Department of Forestry. One tract within this area is named Twin Falls, which runs off Casa Loma Rd. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority lands and Mid-Pen Regional Open Space surround this mountain community.
The area comprises canyons along the eastern face of the Santa Cruz Mountains between Hecker Pass and Loma Prieta summit. The area would cover the canyon communities along Casa Loma and Loma Chiquita Roads. A proposed northwest extent of the area is the US Geological Survey's Loma Chiquita feature at 37°06′18"N 121°49′21"W. Loma Prieta is shown to be 3,791 feet (1,155 m), Loma Chiquita is shown to be 2,586 feet (788 m) AMSL according to US Geological Survey figures. The southeast extent of the area, and possibly the lowest elevation, could be identified by the intersection of Uvas Road and Casa Loma Road at NAD83 coordinates 37°09′04"N 121°44′50"W.
Rural Los Gatos ZIP Code 95033 and Morgan Hill ZIP Code 95037 serves this area, as does area code 408
. The area is heavily vegetated chaparral. Both Casa Loma Road and Loma Chiquita Road are private and mostly unpaved. In winter, the clay soil makes the roads difficult. Creeks cross the roads in several places. In summer, they turn to a powdery dust. Heavy Manzanita and Poison Oak growth overhangs the roads and pinstripes vehicles using them.
The area is part of larger Llagas-Uvas, California
region in southwest Santa Clara County.
near Dutch Flat with a ZIP code of 95704. There is a smaller locale also named Casa Loma in Riverside County
near the community of Lakeview.
The name sounds similar to Costa Loma, the name of a group of wells in an active oil field along Oil Creek. The oil field is located in Santa Cruz County
west of the intersection of State Route 9
and State Route 35
.
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...
covering over 5,500 acres (22.3 km²) with an unofficial population of 175. Both names are marginalized with Loma Chiquita appearing in the US Geological Survey's National Geographic Names Database as feature ID 227487.
Use of the name Casa Loma is supported by the existence of Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Association (CLVFA) The fire department has some level of official recognition and is dispatched by the California Department of Forestry. One tract within this area is named Twin Falls, which runs off Casa Loma Rd. Santa Clara County Open Space Authority lands and Mid-Pen Regional Open Space surround this mountain community.
Proposed geographic definition
This location appears on the US Geological Survey 7.5-minute quadrangle "Loma Prieta, California"The area comprises canyons along the eastern face of the Santa Cruz Mountains between Hecker Pass and Loma Prieta summit. The area would cover the canyon communities along Casa Loma and Loma Chiquita Roads. A proposed northwest extent of the area is the US Geological Survey's Loma Chiquita feature at 37°06′18"N 121°49′21"W. Loma Prieta is shown to be 3,791 feet (1,155 m), Loma Chiquita is shown to be 2,586 feet (788 m) AMSL according to US Geological Survey figures. The southeast extent of the area, and possibly the lowest elevation, could be identified by the intersection of Uvas Road and Casa Loma Road at NAD83 coordinates 37°09′04"N 121°44′50"W.
Rural Los Gatos ZIP Code 95033 and Morgan Hill ZIP Code 95037 serves this area, as does area code 408
Area code 408
North American area code 408 is a telephone area code in California that covers most of Santa Clara County and includes Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Cupertino, and San Jose. It was created in a 1959 split from area code 415 in a flash-cut...
. The area is heavily vegetated chaparral. Both Casa Loma Road and Loma Chiquita Road are private and mostly unpaved. In winter, the clay soil makes the roads difficult. Creeks cross the roads in several places. In summer, they turn to a powdery dust. Heavy Manzanita and Poison Oak growth overhangs the roads and pinstripes vehicles using them.
The area is part of larger Llagas-Uvas, California
Llagas-Uvas, California
Llagas-Uvas is an unincorporated census-designated area located on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California...
region in southwest Santa Clara County.
Other similar-named locales in California
There is a Casa Loma in Placer County, CaliforniaPlacer County, California
Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...
near Dutch Flat with a ZIP code of 95704. There is a smaller locale also named Casa Loma in Riverside County
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...
near the community of Lakeview.
The name sounds similar to Costa Loma, the name of a group of wells in an active oil field along Oil Creek. The oil field is located in Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, on the California Central Coast. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. . As of the 2010 U.S. Census, its population was 262,382. The county seat is Santa Cruz...
west of the intersection of State Route 9
California State Route 9
State Route 9 is mainly a rural and mountainous route in the U.S. state of California that travels 35 miles from SR 1 near Santa Cruz to SR 17 in Los Gatos, passing through the San Lorenzo Valley and the Saratoga Gap...
and State Route 35
California State Route 35
State Route 35 in the U.S. state of California, generally known as Skyline Boulevard, is a two-lane road running along the western ridge of Silicon Valley in California. It runs from Highway 17 to San Francisco at State Route 1. It provides scenic views of both the Santa Cruz Mountains, the...
.