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.
Then and now
1896 to 1989The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresCamino 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,197 | |
| 2020 | 4,951 | +2,754 (+125%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1896 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt. Diablo quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Diablo quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | 4-JUN |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | ALCO #10 |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | DEER MEADOW |
| 5 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | JOHNSTON RD MORGAN_TERRI |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellyer Pit | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mount Zion | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hillsdale Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Western Tile and Supply Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tassajara | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Blackhawk | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Rock City | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Diablo | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| San Ramon | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Danville | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Alamo Oaks | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| Marsh Creek Springs | 6.8 miles | 29 |
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 Tassajara | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5026783 | 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 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.








