Campo, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It lies in Campo Valley. The Survey maps it on the Campo quadrangle. 2,955 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,802 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1931 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1931 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCampo grew from 2,684 to 2,955 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 | 2,684 | |
| 2020 | 2,955 | +271 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1931 USGS Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Campo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Campo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Campo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,234 acres in total. 10 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 | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | B5 2 |
| 7 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | California Desert District | SPENCER |
| 4 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FAR FIRE |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | MILL |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | California Desert District | BORDER 11 |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 20 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern California Agency | SMKCHK7273 |
| 2 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 827 acres | California Desert District | COWBOY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Campo: 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andes Mine | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Bullard Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Campo | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Campo Milling Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quality Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Andes Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Bill Hills Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Cameron Corners Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campo Milling Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Campo | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campo in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 5 wildfire, 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Wildfire | Campo | 2 hurt, $100,000 | Erratic winds fanned a wild fire to 1200 acres. Several sheds and barns were burned. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Campo | 1 hurt, $150,000 | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Campo | 1 hurt | Hot dry weather and east winds near 20 mph rekindled a wild fire that had been brought under control a few days earlier. This fire straddling both side of the U.S.-Mexico border, burned an additional 1000 acres on the U.S. side before it was brought under control. |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Campo | $210,000 | A wild fire fanned by erratic winds quickly grew to over 4000 acres. Seven structures were destroyed: one house and 6 out buildings. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campo | $50,000 | The SDGE Mesonet, CMCSD recorded a wind gust of 65 mph during a downburst from a thunderstorm at 1400 PST on the 28th. The Campo ASOS also recorded a gust of 61 mph at 1352 PST nearby. During the time of these gusts, 5 power poles were snapped on Buckman Springs Road near Highway 94 and several large tree branches fell onto the Campo COOP observer's property. Power was lost soon after these poles and branches came down. Lightning sparked several small fires on the observer's property, but all were contained quickly. The Campo ASOS also recorded 1.02 inches of rain in 30 minutes during this storm. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Campo | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Campo | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Campo | $5,000 | Heavy thunderstorm moving north toward Highway 94 and Interstate 8 with frequent lightning. Lightning hit the spotter's well in her yard.|Heavy rain also caused minor flooding on Buckman Springs Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campo | $100 | Campo ASOS reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 43 knots. |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Campo | - | Heavy rain associated with Tropical Cyclone Kay produced heavy rainfall across the San Diego County Mountains on September 9. The following are the heaviest rain reports from the day:||Mesonet station LGMC1 Mt. Laguna: 4.25 inch.|Mesonet Station MLGC1 Mt. Laguna Observatory RAWS, 2 NNW Mt. Laguna: 3.79 inch.|Mesonet Station AGUC1 Agua Caliente, 10 NE Mt. Laguna: 2.06 inch.|Mesonet Station TRRC1 Tierra Del Sol, 9 ENE Campo: 1.02 inch, 0.45 inch which occurred in one hour. |
| August 2014 | Debris Flow | Campo | - | CHP reported mud/dirt/rock on Campo Road/State Route 94 just west of Forest Gate Road due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Campo | - | Doppler Radar indicated very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms over rural San Diego County near Campo. According to the CHP, heavy rain reduced visibility to near zero along Interstate 8 and lightning caused a fire in the center divide. A gage just south of the border in Loma Tova, Mexico, measured 1.25 inches of rain in 15 minutes from the same cluster of storms. No reports of flash flooding were received most likely because of the rural location of the storms. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Campo | - | A storm chaser observed nickel size hail and measured a wind gust of 47 mph from a thunderstorm south of Morena Village. Frequent cloud to ground lightning was also observed by a resident of Campo. |
| August 1997 | Heavy Rain | Campo | - | Subtropical moisture flowing around a strong area of high pressure over the southwestern United States, ignited several intense thunderstorms over the mountains of San Diego County during the afternoon. One storm south of Pine Valley produced 2.75 inches of rain in one hour and fifteen minutes, along with dime size hail. The storm filled a dry creek bed to bankfull, and sent mud and debris over a four mile stretch of Buckman Springs Road, from Oak Drive to Highway 94. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Campo | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Flood | Campo | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Campo | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Campo | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Wildfire | Campo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Del Campo | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cameron Corners | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Barrett | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Hacienda del Florasol | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Canyon City | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Clover Flat | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Morena Village | 5.4 miles | 31 | |
| Potrero | 7.6 miles | 30 |
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 Campo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q249224 | 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 1660429. 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.










