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Camino Tassajara, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Tassajara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94506. The Survey maps it on the Diablo quadrangle. 4,951 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Camino Tassajara within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1896 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camino Tassajara, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Camino Tassajara, surveyed 1896

Population over time

2 figures

Camino Tassajara grew from 2,197 to 4,951 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
20102,197
20204,951+2,754 (+125%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Camino Tassajara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use45
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2011Natural7.0 acresSanta Clara Unit4-JUN
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALCO #10
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDEER MEADOW
5 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution9.0 acresSanta Clara UnitJOHNSTON RD MORGAN_TERRI
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2019Missing 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camino Tassajara: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Hellyer PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Mount ZionCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Hillsdale Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Western Tile and Supply Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Tassajara1.2 miles24
Blackhawk2.0 miles27
Rock City4.5 miles27
Diablo4.6 miles27
San Ramon5.0 miles27
Danville6.3 miles27
Alamo Oaks6.4 miles27
Marsh Creek Springs6.8 miles29

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 Camino TassajaraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5026783The 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 2633171. 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.