Bent Tree
Bent Tree is a neighborhood of 160 single-family homes in west Oak Park. It runs along Evanwood Avenue and the short streets and courts that branch off it, between Kanan Road and Hawthorne Drive. Calprop Corporation recorded it in five units as Tract 4315 during 1987, and local agent guides date the houses to 1988 and 1989.
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Bent Tree quick facts
| Where | West Oak Park, along Evanwood Avenue and its side streets and courts, between Kanan Road and Hawthorne Drive, just north of Indian Springs Park |
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| City / jurisdiction | Unincorporated Ventura County · ZIP 91377 |
| Built | Tract maps recorded 1987; homes reported built 1988–1989 |
| Builders | Calprop Corporation (owner of record on all five Tract 4315 maps) |
| Homes | 160 |
| Home types | Detached single-family homes of roughly 1,950 to 3,000 sq ft (county assessor records), on lots mostly about 5,000 to 8,700 sq ft, with ten larger lots up to about 16,500 sq ft |
| Gates | Not gated |
| HOA | No homeowners association, according to local agent guides. The tract maps dedicated the streets to Ventura County as public roads. |
| Parks nearby | Indian Springs Park, Wistful Vista Trail |
| School district | Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) |
Pins are approximate centers.
Living in Bent Tree
County assessor records list the homes at roughly 1,950 to 3,000 square feet. Most lots are about 5,000 to 8,700 square feet, and ten larger ones reach about 16,500. Many of the side streets are named for English towns, including Blackpool, Bath, Hastings, Portsmouth and Ulverston. The streets were dedicated to the county as public roads, so there is no gate. Agent guides report no homeowners association.
Indian Springs Park and Red Oak Elementary are just south of the neighborhood, near Rockfield Street. Both the park and Rockfield Street are trailheads for the Wistful Vista Trail. The land was carved from Tract 3803, a 397-acre master map that First City Holdings recorded for west Oak Park in December 1986.
The lay of the land
A late-1980s Calprop tract of 160 houses on Evanwood Avenue and short side streets, many named for English towns, next to Indian Springs Park and Red Oak Elementary.
Schools near Bent Tree
School attendance areas
Oak Park Unified School District
From OPUSD's elementary street list (2017):
- Middle: Medea Creek Middle School (one middle school and one high school for the whole district)
- High: Oak Park High School (one middle school and one high school for the whole district)
These come from the district's own data, not from this site; each tract page has its own answer. Assignment goes by address. Confirm with Boundaries and street lists, or check an address here.
Public schools nearby
- Red Oak Elementary (OPUSD)
- Medea Creek Middle School (OPUSD)
- Oak Park High School (OPUSD)
Being nearby doesn't mean a school is assigned. Attendance goes by address and boundaries change; confirm with the district.
- Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD): find the assigned schools for an address
Services, representation & fire safety
These are Oak Park's area-wide providers; some vary by street.
| Law enforcement | Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Thousand Oaks / East County Station (805) 494-8200 · 2101 E. Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks. Besides Thousand Oaks, the station covers unincorporated Oak Park, Lynn Ranch, Casa Conejo, Kelley Estates, Hidden Valley and Bell Canyon. Call 911 for emergencies. |
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| Traffic enforcement | California Highway Patrol Handles traffic enforcement on Oak Park's unincorporated county roads. |
| Fire and EMS | Ventura County Fire Department, Station 36 (818) 597-2954 · 855 Deerhill Rd. Built in 1985, with a paramedic engine since 2005. Three firefighters staff it daily, with Medic Engine 36, Reserve Engine 136 and Utility 36. Under an automatic-aid agreement, LA County Fire sends a set response to wildland fires in Oak Park. |
| Water | Triunfo Water & Sanitation District (800) 613-0901 · In 1993 the district bought the developer's Metropolitan Water Company, which became Oak Park Water Service, and folded it into the district in 2019. It delivers about 2.6 million gallons a day to more than 14,000 Oak Park residents. All of the water is imported State Water Project supply from Northern California, bought through Calleguas Municipal Water District. Recycled water irrigates parks, schools and HOA landscaping. 24-hour emergency line: (805) 389-9406. |
| Sewer | Triunfo Water & Sanitation District (805) 658-4690 · Wastewater is treated at the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility, run by a joint powers authority with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District. |
| Electric | Southern California Edison Utilities in Oak Park are underground, except for high-voltage lines along the west side of Lindero Canyon Rd. (2023 risk assessment). |
| Natural gas | Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) |
| Trash and recycling | Athens Services (805) 856-0113 · County franchise hauler for Oak Park since January 1, 2024. To confirm the hauler for an address, use the county's interactive map at maps.ventura.org/apps/pwa/trashrecycling/. |
| Parks and recreation | Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (805) 584-4400 · Runs Oak Park's parks, the community center and the district open space and trails around the community. The Oak Park office line is (818) 865-9304. |
| Library | Ventura County Library, Oak Park Library (805) 626-READ · 899 N. Kanan Rd. A joint public and school library shared with Oak Park High School. Closed Fridays. |
| Animal services | Ventura County Animal Services (805) 388-4341 · Serves all unincorporated areas, including Oak Park, and handles dog licensing. Shelters: 600 Aviation Dr., Camarillo, and 670 W. Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. |
| Emergency alerts | VC Alert (Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services) Free alerts by phone, text, email or TTY, in English and Spanish. Sign up at vcalert.org or by phone at (888) 772-4482. Incident updates are posted at VCEmergency.com. |
| Roads, land use and permits | County of Ventura (Public Works Agency and Resource Management Agency) Land use follows the Oak Park Area Plan, updated and adopted September 15, 2020, as part of the county's 2040 General Plan. |
| Community advisory body | Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council (OPMAC) Created by the Board of Supervisors in 1975. It reviews discretionary permit applications in Oak Park and advises the board. Meetings are at 7 p.m. at the Oak Park Library, and the District 2 supervisor's site posts the schedule. |
| Wildfire preparedness | Oak Park Fire Safe Council Volunteer group that offers free home ignition-zone assessments and works with Oak Park's Firewise USA associations. |
Who represents you: Jeff Gorell, District 2. Elected in 2022 and chair of the Board of Supervisors since January 2026. He won a second term outright in the June 2, 2026 primary with about 53 percent of the vote in the official count, so the seat is not on the November ballot. Full list for Oak Park.
Fire safety: Hazard zones: The 2023 Oak Park Community Wildfire Risk Assessment notes that CAL FIRE's November 2007 map put the entire Oak Park planning area in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. More.
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Homes for sale in and around Bent Tree
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Where these facts come from
- Ventura County record map: Tract 4315-1 (110 MR 35), recorded July 28, 1987, owner Calprop Corporation — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 4315-2 (110 MR 37), recorded 1987 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 4315-3 (110 MR 39), recorded 1987 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 4315-4 (111 MR 69), recorded December 30, 1987 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 4315-5 (111 MR 71), recorded December 30, 1987 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County record map: Tract 3803 (108 MR 59), First City Holdings master map, recorded December 18, 1986 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: recorded map polygons for Tract 4315 — maps.ventura.org
- Ventura County GIS: assessor parcels in Tract 4315 (160 parcels; lot acreage and improvement sq ft) — maps.ventura.org
- Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District: Oak Park trails (Wistful Vista trailheads at Indian Springs Park and Rockfield St.) — rsrpd.org
- Nextdoor: Bent Tree, Oak Park — nextdoor.com
- Conejo Valley Guy: Bent Tree — conejovalleyguy.com (real-estate site; not linked)
- Davis Bartels: Bent Tree — blog.davisbartels.com
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