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{{Short description|Valley along the Santa Clara River in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California}}
{{About|the valley in Southern California|the valley in the San Francisco Bay Area|Santa Clara Valley}}
[[File:Santa Clara River Valley 2015.jpg|thumb|300px|Aerial view of the Santa Clara River Valley, with [[California State Route 126|CA 126]] running through it.]]▼
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[[File:Fog in the Santa Clara River Valley.png|thumb|Morning fog in the Santa Clara River Valley, viewed from Torrey Peak near [[Piru, California]].|350px]]▼
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The '''Santa Clara River Valley''' is a rural, mainly agricultural [[valley]] in [[Ventura County, California]] that has been given the moniker '''Heritage Valley''' by the namesake tourism bureau.<ref>Kelly, Peggy (October 15, 1999) [http://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/310/Funding_for_Montalvo_Metrolink_station_would_benefit_SP_Branch_Line.html "Funding for Montalvo Metrolink station would benefit SP Branch Line"] ''Santa Paula Times''</ref> The valley includes the communities of [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]], [[Fillmore, California|Fillmore]], [[Piru, California|Piru]] and the [[national historic landmark]] of [[Rancho Camulos]]. Named for the [[Santa Clara River (California)|Santa Clara River]],<ref>{{gnis|273545|Santa Clara River}}</ref> which winds through the valley before emptying into the [[Pacific Ocean]] between the cities of [[Ventura, California|Ventura]] and [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]], the tourist bureau describes it as ".... Southern California's last pristine agricultural valley nestled along the banks of the free-flowing Santa Clara River."<ref>[http://www.heritagevalley.net/ Heritage Valley Tourism Bureau] official website</ref>▼
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| border = [[Oxnard Plain]] (southwest)<br />[[Santa Clarita Valley]] (east)
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▲The '''Santa Clara River Valley''' is a rural, mainly agricultural, [[valley]] in [[Ventura County, California]] that has been given the moniker '''Heritage Valley''' by the namesake tourism bureau.<ref>Kelly, Peggy (October 15, 1999) [http://santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/310/Funding_for_Montalvo_Metrolink_station_would_benefit_SP_Branch_Line.html "Funding for Montalvo Metrolink station would benefit SP Branch Line"] ''Santa Paula Times''</ref> The valley includes the communities of [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]], [[Fillmore, California|Fillmore]], [[Piru, California|Piru]] and the [[national historic landmark]] of [[Rancho Camulos]]. Named for the [[Santa Clara River (California)|Santa Clara River]],<ref>{{gnis|273545|Santa Clara River}}</ref> which winds through the valley before emptying into the [[Pacific Ocean]] between the cities of [[Ventura, California|Ventura]] and [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]], the tourist bureau describes it as ".... Southern California's last pristine agricultural valley nestled along the banks of the free-flowing Santa Clara River."<ref>[http://www.heritagevalley.net/ Heritage Valley Tourism Bureau] official website</ref>
==Geography==
[[File:California Orange Grove2.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Citrus × sinensis|Orange groves]] of the Santa Clara River Valley]]
The Santa Clara River Valley is bordered by the [[Topatopa Mountains]], [[Los Padres National Forest]], and [[Sespe Condor Sanctuary]] to the north and the [[Santa Susana Mountains]] to the south. The valley stretches from the boundary of northwest [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] and the northern [[Santa Clarita Valley]] on the east to the [[Oxnard Plain]] on the west marked by South Mountain<ref>{{gnis|249741|South Mountain}}</ref> on the south bank of the river. The Santa Clarita Valley is part of the upper watershed of the river.
==Climate==
▲[[File:Fog in the Santa Clara River Valley.png|thumb|Morning fog in the Santa Clara River Valley, viewed from Torrey Peak near [[Piru, California]].|
The valley has been called one of the "most dangerous wind and fire corridors in Southern California." It forms a connection between the high desert and the coast, which serves as a [[Wind tunnel|"wind-tunnel]]-like-corridor" for funneling [[Santa Ana winds]], which spread wildfires. This served to spread the [[Maria Fire]], one of the [[2019 California wildfires]]. This valley has also suffered through the [[Saddleridge Fire]] in 2019, the [[Creek Fire (2017)|Creek Fire]] and the [[Thomas Fire]] in 2017, and the [[Sayre Fire]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-31/maria-fire-south-mountain|title=Maria fire charges toward Santa Paula neighborhoods, forcing additional evacuations|date=2019-11-01|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Hanna |last=Fry |first2=Mark |last2=Puente |first3=Rong-Gong |last3=Lin II |first4=Alex |last4=Wigglesworth|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>
=== Floods ===
Further information: [[Great Flood of 1862]]
The failure and near complete collapse of the [[St. Francis Dam]] took place in the middle of the night on March 12, 1928. The dam was holding a full reservoir of 12.4 billion gallons (47 billion liters) of water that surged down San Francisquito Canyon and emptied into the Santa Clara River, flowing down the river valley to the ocean.
==History==
A footpath through the valley was the only route linking the [[San Fernando mission|San Fernando]] and [[Mission Basilica San Buenaventura
The valley is an exception to the [[Post–World War II economic expansion|post-war urban development]] that has almost entirely eliminated citrus cultivation throughout most of Southern California.
==Transportation==
*[[California State Route 126|Route 126]] - the main E-W highway serving the valley.
*[[California State Route 150|Route 150]] - a minor
*[[California State Route 23|Route 23]] - a minor N-S highway connecting Fillmore to the [[Conejo Valley]].
*[[Santa Paula Branch Line]] - the railway corridor through the valley, mostly used for excursions.
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*[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3055/pdf/fs20113055.pdf USGS.gov: The Santa Clara River Valley]
*[http://www.ventura.org/wcvc/santa_clara.htm County of Ventura.gov: Santa Clara River Watershed
*[http://www.scrwatershed.org Santa Clara River Watershed Committee (SCRWC) website]
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