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.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresCarmichael 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 61,762 | |
| 2020 | 79,793 | +18,031 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 35 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Fairoaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Mills quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Carmichael quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Carmichael quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fair Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Carmichael quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1992 USGS Carmichael quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
583 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 451 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Paso Rock Products Co. | Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Haggin Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Harrison Fait | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Harrison Fait | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| American River Placer Deposits | Gold | Producer | Placer | |
| American River Placer Deposits | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Del Paso Rock Products Co. | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haggin Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Placer Deposits | Gold | Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Carmichael | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Winding Way and Walnut Avenue, with the entire lane flooded. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Carmichael | - | Roadway flooding from arcade creek reported at Winding Way and Walnut Ave. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Carmichael | - | Winding Way closed from Valhalla Dr. to Walnut Ave. due to flooding of Arcade Creek. |
| December 2012 | Flood | Carmichael | - | 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. |
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 Cordova | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| Routier (historical) | 2.6 miles | 35 | |
| Arcade | 2.9 miles | 32 | |
| Soudan | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Citrus | 3.3 miles | 35 | |
| Fair Oaks | 3.5 miles | 35 | |
| Fairoaks Bridge (historical) | 3.6 miles | 35 | |
| Mayhew | 3.8 miles | 35 |
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 Carmichael | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1006574 | 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 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.














