Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Cultural Resource Archive - Documents, Images, and other Data

Part of: Air Force - West

Collection of documents, data, and images generated from and/or related to archaeological resource and Cultural Resource Management investigations, studies, and reports at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The collection was created by tDAR under contract with the USAF and is intended to organize documents, images, and other data from Vandenberg AFB.

Some of the digital resources are organized under several sub-collections, which group together documents from particular investigations or related to certain sites or parts of the base. Other digital objects are included individually. Due to the potential sensitive information included in these documents, users that wish to access documents and images without redaction should contact the cultural resources office at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Note: Originally named Vandenberg Air Force Base, the base was renamed to Vandenberg Space Force Base after the creation of the Space Force in 2019. Depending on the date of the resource, it will determine what name is used to refer to the installation.

Site Name Keywords
CA-SBA-503 • CA-SBA-793 • CA-SBA-209 • CA-SBA-550 • CA-SBA-609 • CA-SBA-210 • CA-SBA-1060 • CA-SBA-612 • CA-SBA-655 • CA-SBA-3575H

Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Midden • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Rock Art • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Non-Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Domestic Structures • Historic Governmental Structure

Other Keywords
Flake • Section 106 • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) • Shovel Test Pits • Criterion D • No Adverse Effect • Eligible • California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) • Area of Potential effect (APE)

Culture Keywords
Chumash • Historic • Archaic • Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians • Purisimeno Chumash • Indigenous • Late Archaic • Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) • Middle Archaic • Historic Native American

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Consultation • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research • Systematic Survey • Heritage Management • Data Recovery / Excavation • Architectural Survey

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Chert • Shell • Ground Stone • Glass • Fauna • Metal • Fire Cracked Rock • Building Materials • Monterey Chert

Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric • Historic • Late Period • Middle Period • Historic Period • Early Period • Cold War • Protohistoric Period • Archaic • Middle–Late Transitional Period

Geographic Keywords
California (State / Territory) • Santa Barbara (County) • Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) • Vandenberg Air Force Base, California • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Vandenberg Air Force Base • California • USA (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1,301-1,400 of 1,515)

  • Documents (1,515)
Individual Resources
  1. VAFB-1988-06: Archaeological Resources Inventory and No Effects Determination for Proposed Geotechnical Testing, Proposed Space Launch Complex 7, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1988)
  2. VAFB-1988-07: RE: Results of Archaeological Monitoring of Geotechnical Exploration at the Proposed Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC 7) Project Area, Vandenberg Air Force Base (1988)
  3. VAFB-1988-08: Subject: Phase I Archaeological Survey for Proposed Fence Lines in Santa Lucia Canyon and San Antonio Valley, Vandenberg Air Force Base (1988)
  4. VAFB-1988-11: Santa Ynez Raw Waterline Surface Survey, Raw Waterline Replacement Project, Santa Ynez River, County of Santa Barbara (1988)
  5. VAFB-1988-13: Archaeological Testing Program, SBa-793 and SBa-917, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1988)
  6. VAFB-1988-14: Historic Preservation Plan, San Antonio Terrace National Register District, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1988)
  7. VAFB-1988-16: Archaeological Investigations at SBa-594: Survey, Testing, and Mitigation (1988)
  8. VAFB-1989-03: Historic Structure Report for the Marshallia Ranch House (1989)
  9. VAFB-1989-09: Power Control Line Surface Survey: Resynchronization of Substation K (1989)
  10. VAFB-1989-20: Case Report, Minuteman Launch Support System Upgrade Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1989)
  11. VAFB-1989-21: Archaeological Test at Titan Pasture A (Gate location) (1989)
  12. VAFB-1990-12: Cultural Resources Survey and Effect Evaluation for the HAVE STARE Tracking and Imagery Radar System Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1990)
  13. VAFB-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
  14. VAFB-1990-15: The Survey and Inventory of Historic Properties Within the Titan IV/Centaur Launch Complex Study Area, VAFB, SBa Co, CA, Volume I (1990)
  15. VAFB-1990-20: Power Line to A/D/E Substations Surface Survey, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California; Replace 69KV Power Distribution Line to A/D/E/ Substations (VAB 87-0075) (1990)
  16. VAFB-1990-21: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume I (1990)
  17. VAFB-1990-21b: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume II (1990)
  18. VAFB-1991-02: Supplementary Report to Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara, California (1991)
  19. VAFB-1991-08: Cultural Resources Investigations for the Peacekeeper Program San Antonio Terrace Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1991)
  20. VAFB-1998-03: Final Technical Report Phase I, II, and III Archaeological Survey for Cultural Resource Inventory, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1998)
  21. VAFB-1998-10: Vandenberg Air Force Base Specific Site Revisit Project August 3-26, 1998 inclusive Brief Summary (1998)
  22. VAFB-1999-05: Final Archaeological Test Excavations at Launch Facility 05 (CA-SBA-1853) Vandenberg Air Force Base, California TA-409C (1999)
  23. VAFB-1999-08: Archaeological Investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1999)
  24. VAFB-1999-09: Central Coast Continuum--From Ranchos to Rockets, a historic overview for an inventory and evaluation of historic sites, buildings and structures, VAFB, CA. (1999)
  25. VAFB-1999-10: Cultural Resources Condition of Vandenberg Air Force Base, FY99: Sensitive and Threatened Sites (1999)
  26. VAFB-1999-22: Results of Radiocarbon Dating for Three Shell Samples Collected on Vandenberg Air Force Base (1999)
  27. VAFB-2000-02: National Register of Historic Places Eligibility and Effects Determination for CA-SBA-740, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2000)
  28. VAFB-2000-03: Eligibility Testing at CA-SBA-935, -2321, and -2345 for El Nino Related Road Repairs, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2000)
  29. VAFB-2000-04: Archaeological Survey of the Azalea and Halloween Wildfire Areas on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  30. VAFB-2000-05: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2000: Sensitive and Threatened (2000)
  31. VAFB-2000-06: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2000: Zone 3 (2000)
  32. VAFB-2000-07: Archaeological Investigations for the North Vandenberg, Lions Head, and CITS Fiber-Optic Cable Systems, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  33. VAFB-2000-08: The Pu'ukaPele Rock Wall Complex, Supplemental Archaeological Inventory Survey, USAF Molokai Receiver Station, Island of Moloka'i, Maui County, Hawai'i (TMK: 5-2-06:63, 69) (2000)
  34. VAFB-2000-09: Archaeological Excavation and Stabilization at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  35. VAFB-2000-10: Compilation of a Database for Isolated Artifacts on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  36. VAFB-2000-11: Stabilization of Four Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  37. VAFB-2000-12: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data During Fiscal Year 2000, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  38. VAFB-2000-13: Final Limited Archaeological Testing for New Maintenance Facility Construction at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
  39. VAFB-2000-15: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE CULTURAL RESOURCES HISTORIC SITES MANAGEMENT NOTEBOOK, RESULTS OF AN INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES, VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (2000)
  40. VAFB-2000-16: Preliminary Draft Archaeological Survey of San Antonio Creek Cutbanks, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
  41. VAFB-2000-17: Final Cultural Resource Studies in Support of the El Rancho Road Bridge Project, Including an Archaeological Survey of the San Antonio Creek Cutbanks Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
  42. VAFB-2000-19: Survey and Testing of Proposed Bore Site Location, Vandenberg Air Force Base, South of San Antonio Creek (2000)
  43. VAFB-2001-02: Archaeological Testing in Firebreaks and Access Roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2001)
  44. VAFB-2002-05: Inventory and Assessment of Historic Properties for the Providence Landing Project Drainage Route Alternatives A - F, at the Antennae Farm, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA (2002)
  45. VAFB-2002-07: Final Report: Presence / Absence Testing and Boundary Delineation at Site CA-SBA-707 (2002)
  46. VAFB-2002-08: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data during Fiscal Year 2002 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
  47. VAFB-2002-11: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art Sites Assessment and Management Recommendations (2002)
  48. VAFB-2002-20:Emergency Archaeological Testing for Utility Pole Replacement Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
  49. VAFB-2003-17: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force base Fiscal Year 2003: Sensitive and Threatened Sites with Cultural Resource Condition Reports (2003)
  50. VAFB-2005-02: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Missile Transport Bridge on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, CA (2005)
  51. VAFB-2005-04: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Military Family Housing Expansion Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (2005)
  52. VAFB-2005-11: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring for the MCI Microcable Installation Project Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
  53. VAFB-2005-13: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer for the Heritage Launch Program Demolition on Vandenberg AFB (2005)
  54. VAFB-2005-14: Historic Landscape Inventory and Evaluation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2005)
  55. VAFB-2005-22: Cultural Resources Site Condition Assessment Database Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
  56. VAFB-2005-24: Cultural Resources Report for the Combat Information Transport System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
  57. VAFB-2006-04: Report of Curation of Artifacts Stored at Vandenberg Air Force Base (2006)
  58. VAFB-2006-08: Archaeological Survey of the Coastline and Lower Drainages, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2006)
  59. VAFB-2008-01: Archaeological Investigations for the Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Diverse Communication Fiber-Optic Installation on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2008)
  60. VAFB-2008-05: Archaeological Investigations for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Diverse Communications Fiber-Optic Installation on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2008)
  61. VAFB-2008-11: Report of Pre-Repatriation Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Materials from VAFB Sites Curated at the UC Santa Barbara Repository Ossuary (2008)
  62. VAFB-2009-02: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art Monitoring and Maintenance Reports, June 2008 - June 2009 (2009)
  63. VAFB-2009-14: Macrobotanical Analysis of Soil Samples from CA-SBA-658, Santa Barbara County, California (2009)
  64. VAFB-2010-02: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data: Fiscal Years 2003-2009, Including Excavations at CA-SBA-612, -760/761/1748, -2322, -2919, -3328, and -3949 (2010)
  65. VAFB-2010-06: Rock Art Monitoring and Maintenance Reports Oct 2009 - July 2010 (2009)
  66. VAFB-2010-07: Condition Assessment of Port Petrol Historic Site (CA-SBA-3288/H), Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, CEV Project No. XUMUOS570008 (2010)
  67. VAFB-2011-05: Rock Art ARPA Compliance 2011 (2011)
  68. VAFB-2011-10: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects: K1, K4, K6, K7, and K8 Feeder Line Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2011)
  69. VAFB-2012-09: Historic Properties Identification And Assessment of Adverse Effects Demolition of Four ICBM Launch Facilities In Support of New START (2012)
  70. VAFB-2012-21: Section 106 Consultation Package for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Demolition of Four ICBM Launch Facilities in Support of New START, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2012)
  71. VAFB-2013-02: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2013 (2013)
  72. VAFB-2013-15: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art ARPA Compliance 2013 (2013)
  73. VAFB-2013-17: Supplemental National Register of Historic Places Evaluation Report for Union Pacific Railroad, Santa Barbara Subdivision, Milepost 291.33, Narlon Bridge Replacement Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2013)
  74. VAFB-2013-21: Section 106 Consultation Package For The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Temporary Construction Easement Grant For The Union Pacific Railroad’s Narlon Bridge Replacement Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2013)
  75. VAFB-2014-06: Identification of Historic Properties And Assessment of Adverse Effects N5, N9, N10 Feeder Lines Replacement Project Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2014)
  76. VAFB-2014-07: Identification of Historic Properties East Housing Area Solar Energy Project (2014)
  77. VAFB-2015-01: Assessment of Archaeological Site Conditions on Vandenberg AFB, Fiscal Year 2015, Zones 4 and 5 (2016)
  78. VAFB-2015-11: Archaeological Survey Report and Avoidance Plan for Snowy Plover Habitat Restoration Project Phase II, Purisima Point and Minuteman Beach, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California XUMUOS069714 (2015)
  79. VAFB-2016-09: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2015 (2016)
  80. VAFB-2016-10: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2015-16 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2016)
  81. VAFB-2017-02: Identification of Historic Properties And Assessment of Effects, Outdoor Recreation Cabins Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  82. VAFB-2017-03: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects: In Support of Infrastructure Improvements at the Vandenberg Tracking Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  83. VAFB-2017-07: Identification of Historic Properties, B7, B10, and K5 Feeder Lines Replacement, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  84. VAFB-2017-08: Identification of Historic Properties, Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4 East Flame Trench Catchment Area Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  85. VAFB-2017-12: Identification of Historic Properties, Hot Shots/Wildland Fire Team Training Center Renovation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  86. VAFB-2017-15: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  87. VAFB-2017-16: Condition Assessments of Archaeological Sites and the Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2016, USAF Contract No. GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115 (2017)
  88. VAFB-2017-17: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2016 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2017)
  89. VAFB-2017-18: Inventory and Evaluation of Six Titan I and II Launch Complexes (OSTF 8, SLTF, 395-A, 395-B, 395-C, and 395-D), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  90. VAFB-2017-19: Identification of Historic Properties, B10 Feeder Lines Replacement, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  91. VAFB-2017-20: Determination of No Adverse Effect, Replacement of Damaged Circuit N6 Electrical Poles, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  92. VAFB-2017-21: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
  93. VAFB-2017-22: Archaeological Study for the Proposed Perimeter Civil Structure, Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2017)
  94. VAFB-2017-23: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Installation Restoration Program Site 13C Remediation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (Project ID 897584) (2017)
  95. VAFB-2017-25: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2016 (2017)
  96. VAFB-2018-01: Identification of Historic Properties, Oak Mountain Solar Farm Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
  97. VAFB-2018-02: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects Site 32 Cluster Remediation Project Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
  98. VAFB-2018-03: Identification of Historic Properties, Coast Road Culvert Repair Project 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (VAFB Log ID 1035138; 813-18-014) (2018)
  99. VAFB-2018-04: Supplemental Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Western Range Instrumentation Modernization at the Vandenberg Telemetry Receiving Station, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
  100. VAFB-2018-05: The Honda Ridge Pilot Project: Digital Microscopy and Stratigraphic Analysis of Paint Layer Sequences Within the Honda Ridge Main Panel, Volumes I & II, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Contract No. XUMU OS 100316, USACE-Omaha Task Order 14 (2018)