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Carmichael, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95608. The Survey maps it on the Carmichael quadrangle. 79,793 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Carmichael within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carmichael, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Carmichael, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Carmichael grew from 61,762 to 79,793 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
201061,762
202079,793+18,031 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

583 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 583 fires within 5 miles of Carmichael between 1994 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined451
Arson/incendiarism37
Equipment and vehicle use33
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Smoking21
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Carmichael: 12 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haggin Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Harrison FaitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Harrison FaitClayPast Producer
American River Placer DepositsGoldProducerPlacer
American River Placer DepositsGoldOccurrence
Del Paso Rock Products Co.Gold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Haggin Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Placer DepositsGoldProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmichael in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 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
March 2023FloodCarmichael-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Winding Way and Walnut Avenue, with the entire lane flooded.
February 2019FloodCarmichael-Roadway flooding from arcade creek reported at Winding Way and Walnut Ave.
February 2017FloodCarmichael-Winding Way closed from Valhalla Dr. to Walnut Ave. due to flooding of Arcade Creek.
December 2012FloodCarmichael-A series of consecutive heavy rainfall events caused creeks and streams to rise rapidly due to ground saturation. Reports of a trailer park flooded on Sunday due to rising creek levels along Arcade Creek. Winding Way (road) was reported as flooded in low lying areas as well.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento 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
Rancho Cordova2.4 miles35
Routier (historical)2.6 miles35
Arcade2.9 miles32
Soudan2.9 miles35
Citrus3.3 miles35
Fair Oaks3.5 miles35
Fairoaks Bridge (historical)3.6 miles35
Mayhew3.8 miles35

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 CarmichaelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1006574The 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 277484. 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.