Anaheim, California
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92805. The Survey maps it on the Anaheim quadrangle. 346,824 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 157 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
On record in Anaheim
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 13 shown
Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association Packing Houselisted 2015
Ferdinand Backs Houselisted 1980
Carnegie Librarylisted 1979
George Hansen Houselisted 2013
Samuel Kraemer Building (American Savings Bank/First National Bank)listed 1983
St. Michael's Episcopal Churchlisted 2004
Phillip Ackley Stanton Houselisted 1980
John Woelke Houselisted 2013- Kroger-Melrose Districtlisted 1985
- Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Houseslisted 1986
- Old Backs Houselisted 1980
- Pickwick Hotellisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresAnaheim grew from 336,265 to 346,824 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 336,265 | |
| 2020 | 346,824 | +10,559 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 44 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1896 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Garden Grove quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
170 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Anaheim between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,060 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Anaheim: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garber Brickk & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bixby Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cunningham and Son | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L. O. Swartzbaugh | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Habra Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Orange County Brick & Tile Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R. J. Noble Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anaheim in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 flood, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2002 | Wildfire | Anaheim | $1,200,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Heavy Rain | Anaheim | - | Widespread rainfall reports of 2 to 5 inches, locally higher across Orange County through the duration of the event. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Anaheim | - | Spotter reported flash flooding on Orangethorpe Avenue at Raymond Street in Anaheim. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Anaheim | - | Streets just south of Garden Grove were closed due to flooding, as reported by the Orange County Skywarn coordinator. The nearby Anaheim Barber City mesonet station reported a 3-hour rainfall total of 1.22 inches. |
| February 2001 | Flood | Anaheim | - | Water was flowing over Prado Dam and street flooding was reported on Interstate 605 at Cerritos Road. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Anaheim | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Anaheim | 1.5 miles | 44 | |
| Rancho La Paz | 1.8 miles | 44 | |
| South Anaheim | 2.0 miles | 44 | |
| Neff | 2.0 miles | 44 | |
| Miraflores (historical) | 2.1 miles | 44 | |
| Micaflores | 2.2 miles | 44 | |
| Anaheim Shores | 2.2 miles | 44 | |
| Sunkist Gardens | 2.3 miles | 44 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Anaheim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q49247 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1652663. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.


















