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Bay Point, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Antioch-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94565. It lies near Lawlor Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Honker Bay quadrangle. 23,896 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Bay Point within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bay Point, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bay Point, surveyed 1907

Population over time

2 figures

Bay Point grew from 21,349 to 23,896 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
201021,349
202023,896+2,547 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

508 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 508 fires within 5 miles of Bay Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,324 acres in total. None started naturally. 113 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/undetermined217
Arson/incendiarism113
Misuse of fire by a minor61
Equipment and vehicle use57
Smoking38
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitKIRKER
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bay Point: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Pumice, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alves PitClayProducer
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
AlvesStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
AlvarnezPumiceOccurrence
AlvarnezPumicePast Producer
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Bailey Ranch Pumice DepositPumicePast Producer
Scott PitStoneProducer
UnnamedStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Contra Costa 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
Ambrose (historical)0.7 miles29
McAvoy1.3 miles29
Shore Acres1.4 miles29
Diamond2.6 miles29
Nichols2.6 miles29
Pittsburg3.0 miles29
Cornwall3.4 miles29
Port Chicago (historical)4.4 miles34

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 Bay PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q812085The 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 1701734. 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.