Bend, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96080. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bend quadrangle. 603 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresBend fell from 619 to 603 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 | 619 | |
| 2020 | 603 | -16 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Tuscan Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Tuscan Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Bend quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
476 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,993 acres in total. 17 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 | 171 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 165 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BAKER RD WRB |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BRENT |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | JELLYS2 |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FREEWAY 10 |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | WOODLAND |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MISSION |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Northern California District | BEND |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | JELLYS IC / TAC 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bend: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Geothermal, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Tuscan Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Unidentified Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Midland Co. | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Al' Bon's Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chase Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dibble Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heitman Dibble Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Latten Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| T. H. R. Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bend in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Flood | Bend | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain on State Route 36 near Mile Marker 49.4. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninemile (historical) | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Blunt | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Red Bluff | 5.5 miles | 27 | |
| Hooker | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Dales | 8.3 miles | 23 | |
| Rawson | 9.5 miles | 26 | |
| Dairyville | 9.8 miles | 26 | |
| Proberta | 12.1 miles | 26 |
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 Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4886973 | 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 1658034. 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.






