Upson Tract
The Upson Tract holds the westernmost lakeside lots on Lake Sherwood Drive. Landowner F. W. Matthiessen Jr. had civil engineer Gerald C. FitzGerald survey its 111 lots in May 1923, and the county recorded the map on June 14, 1923, when the water was still labeled Potrero Lake. About 26 homes stand on its original lots.
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Upson Tract quick facts
| Also called | Upson |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Lake Sherwood Drive, Lake Sherwood & Hidden Valley |
| Builder | Subdivided by landowner F. W. Matthiessen Jr. (surveyed by civil engineer Gerald C. FitzGerald, May 1923); houses built individually over the decades |
| Built | Lots recorded June 14, 1923; houses from many decades (a listed example, 283 Lake Sherwood Dr, dates from 1963) |
| Homes | About 26 (county parcel records: improved parcels on the original 1923 lots, not counting the 14 lots re-platted as Tract 4590) |
| Home types | Single-family homes, from older houses under 1,500 sq ft to custom homes over 5,000 sq ft (county assessor; median about 3,800 sq ft) |
| Lot sizes | Mostly about 0.22 to 0.4 acre (median about 0.28 acre); one parcel of about 1.1 acres |
| Streets | Lake Sherwood Drive (about 99-331, around the Tract 4590 lots), David Lane |
| Tract map | Upson Tract (11 MR 1-2) |
| Gates | Not gated |
| HOA | No association. Older lots show no HOA dues in listings, and 283 Lake Sherwood Dr has a deeded dock across the street. County Area Plan policy LS-5.3 protects existing homeowners' lake-use rights as legally established. |
Approximate location, not a tract boundary.
About Upson Tract
Those lots line the county road from about the 99 block to the 331 block, plus David Lane, a short private lane. Most are a quarter to four-tenths of an acre, with houses ranging from small older places to custom homes of 5,000 square feet or more. A 1963 house at 283 Lake Sherwood Dr comes with a deeded dock across the street. The middle of the tract was re-mapped in 1998 as Tract 4590. Land at its north end was re-subdivided in 1939 and again in the late 1990s and is now part of the gated enclaves above the drive.
Schools for Upson Tract
School attendance areas
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Lake Sherwood Drive, Lake Sherwood & Hidden Valley
Lake Sherwood Drive is the ungated lakeside neighborhood of unincorporated Lake Sherwood: about 80 homes on the lake's north shore, along a public county road that runs east from Fire Station 33 at Stafford Road. Landowner F. W. Matthiessen Jr. recorded its first lots in 1923, and the houses have gone up one by one in the decades since.
The Lake Sherwood Drive guide: HOA, schools nearby, services →
Homes for sale near Upson Tract
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Where these facts come from
- Ventura County recorded map 11 MR 1-2: Upson Tract (1923) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: recorded maps index layer (Upson Tract 1923; Upson Tract Resub 1939; Tracts 4408-1/-2, 4590, 4779) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: assessor parcels layer — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: road centerlines (Lake Sherwood Dr county-maintained; David Ln private) — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County 2040 Lake Sherwood/Hidden Valley Area Plan (policy LS-5.3 on lake-use rights) — rma.venturacounty.gov
- Wikipedia: Sherwood Dam (Potrero Lake) — en.wikipedia.org
- Listing: 283 Lake Sherwood Dr (built 1963, deeded dock) — rubyhome.com (not on Properkey)
- Rubyhome: Upson neighborhood page — rubyhome.com (real-estate site; not linked)
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