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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.

Baldwin Park within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Baldwin Park, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Baldwin Park, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Baldwin 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.

YearPeople Change
201075,390
202072,176-3,214 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

443 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined252
Arson/incendiarism62
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking33
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
City of Industry PlantCalciumProducer
Hacienda HeightsSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
Azusa Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Largo Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Arrow Rock Co Duarte PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026Flash FloodBaldwin Park-Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Interstate 605 near Lower Azusa Road.
February 2025Flash FloodBaldwin 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 2023Flash FloodBaldwin Park-Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of El Monte. Significant flooding impacted Interstate 10, stranding numerous vehicles.
January 2018Funnel CloudBaldwin Park-A weather spotter reported a funnel cloud just east-northeast of the community of El Monte.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Orange Avenue Junction1.1 miles36
West Covina1.6 miles36
Irwindale2.0 miles42
West Puente Valley2.4 miles36
Maxson2.6 miles49
Valinda2.9 miles36
Bassett3.1 miles36
Butler3.3 miles44

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 ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q804878The 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.