Date | Surveyor | Water Report |
10-13-2024 | Paul Muhl | Trickle |
05-29-2024 | Jeremy K | Flowing |
02-16-2024 | Los Padres Forest Association | Flowing |
09-10-2023 | Peter Parziale | Flowing |
04-23-2023 | Matt Inman - Ojai Valley School | Flowing |
02-04-2022 | Stephen S | Flowing |
03-21-2021 | Jeremy K | Flowing |
01-12-2021 | Easy-A | Trickle |
01-01-2021 | Shaddus Maximus | Trickle |
12-11-2020 | Steve Cypher | Flowing |
05-16-2020 | Addison Jerlow | Flowing |
01-01-2020 | Shaddus Maximus | Flowing |
11-25-2019 | Paul Cronshaw | Flowing |
05-21-2019 | Los Padres Forest Association | Flowing |
04-01-2019 | M Schless | Flowing |
04-22-2018 | Matt Inman-Ojai Valley School | Flowing |
01-14-2018 | Los Padres Forest Association | Flowing |
04-02-2016 | Katie Mendenhall | Flowing |
05-06-2015 | James Wapotich | Flowing |
The camp is located on the SisquocTrail (30W12) in the San Rafael Wilderness. This camp is near a grave-site and some interesting ruins from homesteading activity above camp toward Wellman Canyon.
This camp was so named by William Griffin, a forest ranger and member of the Mormon Church. While it is commonly assumed that the homesteaders in this area were Mormon, they actually were not. They followed the faith healing of Hiram Preservid Wheat, patriarch of the community. Just up the river from this camp, Adolf and Louise (Kline) Willmann, born in Germany, established a homestead in the 1880's. Here, they had a large apricot orchard and a wine grape vineyard, and they were among the most successful homesteaders in the Sisquoc River Valley. However, times began to change for them when they encountered problems with the Sisquoc Ranch over the road access to their property. Consequently, they sold out and left the area around 1912 or 1913. They were one of the last families to leave. The grave is that of one of Adolfs relatives, Herman Willmann, who died of tuberculosis. He established a homestead further up the river, and the remains of his stone house can still be seen. The present name, "Wellman," used to label the adjacent canyon, is a corruption of 209 "Willman" by the U.S. Topographic map maker in 1902. In June, 1966, a small airplane attempting to land on Wellman Mesa crashed at a spot between the river and the trail and caused a 90,000 acre fire. While two persons were killed in the wreck, two others miraculously survived.