Seminole Hot Springs, California Explained

Official Name:Seminole Hot Springs, California
Pushpin Map:California
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Los Angeles
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:932
Coordinates:34.1072°N -118.7906°W
Area Code:818
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1661420
Type:geothermal
Discharge:65 liters/minute[1]

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, 3.6miles south-southeast of Agoura Hills at an elevation of .

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.[2] As was the case with Radium Sulphur Springs and Bimini Hot Springs elsewhere in Los Angeles County,[3] the waters of Seminole Hot Springs were "discovered" and then commercialized after oil drillers hit water instead of petroleum.[4] Major fires passed through the area in the 1930s and 1940s.[5] 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."[6]

Now essentially a suburb of the Agoura–Calabasas era, there is a mobile home community at the location. The Woolsey Fire of 2018 destroyed 100 of the 215 mobile homes at Seminole Hot Springs.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Higgins . Chris T. . Therberge . Ikelman . Albert E. Jr. . Joy A. . Geothermal Resources of California . 1980 . California Department of Mines and Geology . Sacramento . NOAA National Geophysical Center.
  2. Web site: Morrison . Patt . Patt Morrison . 2021-12-28 . From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs . 2023-11-01 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  3. Book: Waring, Gerald Ashley . Springs of California . January 1915 . U.S. Government Printing Office . Water-Supply Paper no. 338–339 (Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers) . Washington, D.C. . 71–72 . 2027/uc1.b3015436?urlappend=%3Bseq=78 . en . 2023-11-01 . HathiTrust.
  4. Web site: Megli-Thuna . Dawn . 2018-12-13 . Seminole Springs, a former mountain retreat . 2023-11-10 . The Acorn - Serving Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Oak Park & Westlake Village.
  5. Book: Greene, Linda W. . A Historical Survey of the Santa Monica Mountains: Preliminary Historic Resource Study, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area . 1980 . Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior . 41 . en.
  6. Web site: Los Angeles; a guide to the city and its environs . 2023-11-11 . HathiTrust . 383–384 . 2027/mdp.39015029508374?urlappend=%3Bseq=521 . en.