Find My Water & Sanitation District

GIS Map Accessible Description

This accessible description summarizes the saved map view and the full layer hierarchy for the Find My Water & Sanitation District web map. The package metadata was used as the authoritative source for layer names, hierarchy, saved visibility, labels, and scale behavior. The exported layer images and context images were reviewed to identify visible color, transparency, clustering, spacing, overlap, and placement. The images show colored district and service area polygons placed over aerial imagery, with a small set of county reference layers and a map header reading Find My Water and Sanitation District.

The saved map view is focused on Ventura County rather than the full service extent of every source layer. The saved map view covers from 34 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds north to 34 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds north and from 119 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds west to 118 degrees 43 minutes 27 seconds west. One metadata conflict is present in County Boundaries. Its layer metadata extent is national in scale, while the saved map view imagery shows the county boundary being used in a Ventura County map context.

Map Summary

This map shows county waterworks districts and county service areas as distinct colored polygons over a world imagery basemap. In the saved view, nine operational service polygons are visible. They are separated into two main operational groups: Waterworks Districts and County Service Areas. A third operational group, Other County GIS Information, contains County Boundaries as a visible reference layer and Parcels, Supervisorial Districts, and City Boundary as saved off layers.

The visible operational polygons are distributed across the inland east, the Oxnard Plain area, and the North Coast. The waterworks district polygons appear mostly in the east and central inland portion of the saved map view. The county service area polygons appear in the west and south central portion of the saved map view, including one coastal area and several smaller inland service areas. The basemap imagery and hybrid reference labels provide aerial context and place labeling beneath and above the operational layers.

Geographic Context

The saved map view centers on Ventura County and nearby urban and rural areas. The visible service areas are not continuous across the county. Instead, they appear as separate colored footprints with broad spacing between most areas. The westernmost visible service area is 29 North Coast along the northwest side of the county view. The eastern and southeastern part of the view contains 1 Moorpark, 16 Piru, 17 Bell Canyon, and 38 Lake Sherwood. The south central and central inland part of the view contains 19 Somis, 30 Nyeland, 34 El Rio Area, and Camarillo Utility Enterprise.

The images show little direct overlap among the visible operational polygons. Most areas read as separate islands of coverage. A few extents come near one another in the central inland and Oxnard Plain area, but the layer images still read as distinct service areas rather than one continuous service block.

Legend and Symbology

Waterworks Districts (Group Layer)
- Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- Mental model: Parent group collecting the visible waterworks district polygons in the eastern and central inland part of the county view.
- 1 Moorpark
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Medium teal blue fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: East of Somis and west of the far eastern county edge, centered on the Moorpark area in the inland portion of the saved view
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 15 minutes 26 seconds north to 34 degrees 21 minutes 2 seconds north and from 118 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds west to 118 degrees 47 minutes 50 seconds west
  - Mental model: A medium blue inland polygon in the east central part of the county view.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 16 Piru
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Medium periwinkle blue fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: North of Moorpark and inland near the upper right portion of the saved county view
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds north to 34 degrees 25 minutes 15 seconds north and from 118 degrees 49 minutes 31 seconds west to 118 degrees 47 minutes 3 seconds west
  - Mental model: A compact blue polygon near the northeastern part of the saved view.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 17 Bell Canyon
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Bright blue fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: Near the southeastern edge of the saved view, east of Moorpark and south of Piru
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 11 minutes 41 seconds north to 34 degrees 15 minutes 3 seconds north and from 118 degrees 43 minutes 19 seconds west to 118 degrees 40 minutes 3 seconds west
  - Mental model: A bright blue polygon near the lower right edge of the county map.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 19 Somis
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Strong medium blue fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: Central inland Ventura County, west of Moorpark and north of Camarillo Utility Enterprise
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds north to 34 degrees 18 minutes 42 seconds north and from 119 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds west to 118 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds west
  - Mental model: A central inland blue polygon between the Oxnard Plain area and the eastern hill communities.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 38 Lake Sherwood
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Bright cyan fill
  - Outline: Very dark solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: South of Moorpark and near the southeastern part of the saved view, west of Bell Canyon
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 7 minutes 6 seconds north to 34 degrees 9 minutes 18 seconds north and from 118 degrees 54 minutes 14 seconds west to 118 degrees 51 minutes 23 seconds west
  - Mental model: A small bright cyan polygon at the lower eastern side of the map.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
County Service Areas (Group Layer)
- Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- Mental model: Parent group collecting visible county service area polygons across the north coast and south central inland part of the saved view.
- 29 North Coast
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Dark golden brown fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Opaque appearance
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: West side of the saved view along the North Coast, separated from the inland service areas
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 16 minutes 40 seconds north to 34 degrees 22 minutes 44 seconds north and from 119 degrees 28 minutes 42 seconds west to 119 degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds west
  - Mental model: A broad brown coastal service polygon at the northwest side of the county map.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 30 Nyeland
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Salmon pink fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Opaque appearance
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: South central part of the saved view on the Oxnard Plain area, west of Camarillo Utility Enterprise and south of El Rio Area
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds north to 34 degrees 13 minutes 50 seconds north and from 119 degrees 8 minutes 35 seconds west to 119 degrees 7 minutes 40 seconds west
  - Mental model: A small salmon polygon low in the central county view.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- 34 El Rio Area
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Strong red fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Opaque appearance
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: Central part of the Oxnard Plain area, north of Nyeland and west of Camarillo Utility Enterprise
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds north to 34 degrees 15 minutes 42 seconds north and from 119 degrees 10 minutes 16 seconds west to 119 degrees 8 minutes 27 seconds west
  - Mental model: A red central plain polygon just inland from the coast-facing service areas.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- Camarillo Utility Enterprise
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Strong purple fill
  - Outline: Dark near-black solid outline
  - Transparency: Opaque appearance
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME field with horizontal polygon placement and no layer scale limit listed in metadata
  - Spatial placement: South central inland portion of the saved view, east of El Rio Area and southeast of Somis
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 12 minutes 19 seconds north to 34 degrees 12 minutes 49 seconds north and from 119 degrees 5 minutes 46 seconds west to 119 degrees 4 minutes 5 seconds west
  - Mental model: A small purple polygon just southeast of the main central inland service areas.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
Other County GIS Information (Group Layer)
- Saved visibility: On in the saved map view at the group level, with mixed child visibility
- Mental model: Parent group for county reference layers that add parcel, district, city, and county context around the service polygons.
- Parcels
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: No visible fill
  - Outline: Very light gray solid outline
  - Transparency: Fill is fully transparent and the linework is light
  - Pattern: Outline only
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the APN field with horizontal polygon placement and a close-scale threshold beginning at approximately 1 to 18,055.954822
  - Spatial placement: Countywide parcel fabric across Ventura County, visible in its exported images as fine subdivision lines where imagery scale is close enough
  - Spatial extent: From 33 degrees 12 minutes 48 seconds north to 34 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds north and from 119 degrees 36 minutes 38 seconds west to 118 degrees 37 minutes 29 seconds west
  - Mental model: A fine pale parcel grid that would sit beneath the district polygons when turned on.
  - Saved visibility: Off in the saved map view
- Supervisorial Districts
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: No visible fill
  - Outline: Bright medium blue solid outline
  - Transparency: Fill is fully transparent
  - Pattern: Outline only
  - Labeling: Labels are supported from the NAME and ORDINAL fields with horizontal polygon placement and metadata showing label classes across both broad and closer scales
  - Spatial placement: Countywide supervisorial district boundaries crossing Ventura County as large blue district outlines
  - Spatial extent: From 33 degrees 7 minutes 37 seconds north to 34 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds north and from 119 degrees 29 minutes 16 seconds west to 118 degrees 37 minutes 27 seconds west
  - Mental model: Several large blue county district outlines spanning the full county context.
  - Saved visibility: Off in the saved map view
- City Boundary
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Multiple pale semi-transparent city fills including pink, cream, pale blue, pale green, and pale yellow classes
  - Outline: Distinct colored solid outlines by city class
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: No labeling information is listed in package metadata
  - Spatial placement: Incorporated city areas across Ventura County, including classes for Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, San Buenaventura, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks
  - Spatial extent: From 34 degrees 5 minutes 15 seconds north to 34 degrees 28 minutes 32 seconds north and from 119 degrees 21 minutes 9 seconds west to 118 degrees 37 minutes 53 seconds west
  - Mental model: A patchwork of lightly tinted city polygons that would frame the service areas when turned on.
  - Saved visibility: Off in the saved map view
- County Boundaries
  - Geometry: Polygon
  - Symbology: Dark gray fill
  - Outline: Medium gray solid outline
  - Transparency: Appears semi-transparent
  - Pattern: Solid fill
  - Labeling: No labeling information is listed in package metadata
  - Spatial placement: Used in the saved map view as a county reference boundary around the Ventura County context
  - Spatial extent: From 18 degrees 54 minutes 38 seconds north to 71 degrees 21 minutes 55 seconds north and from 179 degrees 8 minutes 56 seconds west to 66 degrees 56 minutes 59 seconds west
  - Mental model: A gray county boundary reference layer that provides administrative context around the service map. The metadata extent is national in scale, while the saved-view imagery shows the layer being used within the Ventura County map frame.
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
Basemap (Group Layer)
- Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
- Mental model: Parent group for the imagery and reference labeling that provide the base geographic context under the operational layers.
- Base (Group Layer)
  - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
  - Mental model: Parent group holding the basemap reference labels and the world imagery base.
  - Hybrid Reference Layer
    - Geometry: Basemap reference layer
    - Symbology: Light place labels and reference text visible above the imagery
    - Outline: Not applicable as a single feature outline
    - Transparency: Opaque appearance
    - Pattern: Not applicable
    - Labeling: The exported images show reference labeling in the basemap, while package metadata does not provide per-label-class detail for this vector tile layer
    - Spatial placement: Across the full saved map view above the imagery and beneath the operational polygon outlines
    - Spatial extent: Using the saved map view as the best supported fallback, from 34 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds north to 34 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds north and from 119 degrees 28 minutes 21 seconds west to 118 degrees 43 minutes 27 seconds west
    - Mental model: A text and reference overlay that names places across the aerial basemap.
    - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view
  - World Imagery
    - Geometry: Basemap imagery layer
    - Symbology: Full-color aerial and satellite imagery
    - Outline: Not applicable
    - Transparency: Opaque appearance
    - Pattern: Continuous imagery
    - Labeling: No layer-specific labeling information is listed in package metadata
    - Spatial placement: Across the full map beneath all operational and reference layers
    - Spatial extent: From 85 degrees 0 minutes 0 seconds south to 85 degrees 0 minutes 0 seconds north and from 179 degrees 59 minutes 60 seconds west to 179 degrees 59 minutes 60 seconds east
    - Mental model: A continuous aerial image base covering the entire map.
    - Saved visibility: On in the saved map view

What the Map Shows

The saved view presents a county-focused service area map in which waterworks districts and county service areas are the primary subject. The visible polygons are separated by color so each district or service area can be distinguished from the others against the imagery base. The map emphasizes where these service areas sit relative to one another across Ventura County rather than showing one continuous countywide coverage area.

In practical terms, the map shows a west coastal service area, several south central and central inland service areas, and several eastern hillside or valley service areas. Supporting county reference layers remain available in the hierarchy even when they are off in the saved view. This means the map can also provide parcel, supervisorial district, city boundary, and county boundary context when those layers are enabled, but the saved view is centered on the colored service area polygons over aerial imagery.