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Cambrian Park, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95124. It lies near Lone Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Jose West quadrangle. 3,719 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 236 feet above sea level.

Cambrian Park within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1889 to 1978

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cambrian Park, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Cambrian Park, surveyed 1889

On record in Cambrian Park

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Cambrian Park grew from 3,282 to 3,719 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
20103,282
20203,719+437 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Cambrian Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/undetermined97
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitFEE
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitSCENIC VISTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Cambrian Park: 24 past producers, 13 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
John Knorr MineStone, DimensionUnknown
San Jose Brick & Tile Co.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
San Jose Brick & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Steinheimer Ranch ProspectChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationChromiumProducer
Unnamed LocationChromiumPast Producer
Douglas RanchCalciumProducer
Douglas RanchCalciumPast Producer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumProducer
Guadalupe Lime Co.CalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambrian Park in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2019FloodCambrian Park-SB hwy 17 at Hamilton Ave, 2 right lanes are flooding on the on ramp.
January 2018FloodCambrian Park-Roadway flooding reported at SR17 N and Hamilton Ave E on ramp. Slow lane completely flooded.
February 2017FloodCambrian Park-Far right lane flooded of SR17 southbound near Hamilton Ave offramp.

Every storm recorded in Santa Clara 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
Vasona Junction1.8 miles28
Campbell2.3 miles28
Shannon2.4 miles24
San Tomas2.5 miles28
Rinconada2.8 miles24
Robertsville2.9 miles28
Los Gatos3.1 miles24
Guadalupe (historical)3.4 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q1911837The 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 1658197. 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.