Baldwin Park, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91706. It stands on Big Dalton Wash. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin Park quadrangle. 72,176 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBaldwin Park fell from 75,390 to 72,176 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 | 75,390 | |
| 2020 | 72,176 | -3,214 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 36 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.
- 1894 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Puente quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Baldwin Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Baldwin Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
443 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 443 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,608 acres in total. None started naturally. 62 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 | 252 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | DUARTE |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 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 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Baldwin Park: 46 past producers, 7 producers, 7 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Industry Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Hacienda Heights | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Largo Sand and Gravel | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| San Gabriel Valley Placers | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sunburst Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Century Sand and Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rancho Azusa | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Azusa Rock and Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Largo Sand and Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Co Duarte Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin Park in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2026 | Flash Flood | Baldwin Park | - | Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Interstate 605 near Lower Azusa Road. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Baldwin Park | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding at the intersection of Highway 605 and Lower Azusa Road. The onramp was flooded with over two feet of water. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Baldwin Park | - | Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of El Monte. Significant flooding impacted Interstate 10, stranding numerous vehicles. |
| January 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Baldwin Park | - | A weather spotter reported a funnel cloud just east-northeast of the community of El Monte. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Avenue Junction | 1.1 miles | 36 | |
| West Covina | 1.6 miles | 36 | |
| Irwindale | 2.0 miles | 42 | |
| West Puente Valley | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Maxson | 2.6 miles | 49 | |
| Valinda | 2.9 miles | 36 | |
| Bassett | 3.1 miles | 36 | |
| Butler | 3.3 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 Baldwin Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q804878 | 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 1652669. 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.















