Charter Oak, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91724. The Survey maps it on the San Dimas quadrangle. 9,739 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCharter Oak grew from 9,310 to 9,739 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 | 9,310 | |
| 2020 | 9,739 | +429 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 39 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.
- 1894 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
461 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Charter Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,043 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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 | 232 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
| 8 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | GABRIEL |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ROCKY |
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | POWER |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Charter Oak: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azusa Rock and Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hacienda Heights | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lordsburg Deposit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Lordsburg Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| San Dimas Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| San Gabriel Valley Placers | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Featherstone Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Featherstone Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Azusa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Azusa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 Charter Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1067838 | 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 1660472. 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.

















