Castroville, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Castroville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95012. It lies near Paradise Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moss Landing quadrangle. 7,515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1912 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
On record in Castroville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Castroville Japanese Language Schoollisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresCastroville grew from 6,481 to 7,515 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 | 6,481 | |
| 2020 | 7,515 | +1,034 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1912 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Capitola quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Moss Landing quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Castroville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | ELKHORN |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MELUGAN |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003693 |
| 29 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | ELKHORN |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ELKHORN |
| 24 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003947 |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU0003587 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Castroville: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Chromium, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arca Roofing Tile Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Monterey Bay Salt Works | Salt | Producer | ||
| Moss Landing Brick Plant | Magnesite | Plant | ||
| Moss Landing Magnesia Plant | Chromium, Magnesite | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lapis #110 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Cement,Aggregates Inc-Lapiz | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Seaside Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castroville in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2014 | Heavy Rain | Castroville | $1,000 | Heavy rain overwhelmed the sewage plant in Castroville resulting in a sewage spill. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Castroville | - | Roadway flooding reported at Pajaro and Haight St. |
| January 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Castroville | - | Funnel cloud reported. Did not touch down. |
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.
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 Castroville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q372402 | 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 277486. 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.










