Cherryland, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94541. It lies near Maderia Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hayward quadrangle. 15,808 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 66 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cherryland
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Eden Congregational Churchlisted 2007 · 0.5 miles away
Meek Mansion and Carriage Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresCherryland grew from 14,728 to 15,808 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 | 14,728 | |
| 2020 | 15,808 | +1,080 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
20 surveys from 36 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.
- 1899 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1915 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Cherryland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 | 187 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cherryland: 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Halite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Salt Co. | Halite | Producer | ||
| Chabot Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| East Bay Excavation Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oliver Bros. Salt Co. | Halite | Producer | ||
| La Vista Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| La Vista Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherryland in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 2024 | Flood | Cherryland | - | Flooding was reported in a lane on Interstate 238. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Lorenzo | 1.1 miles | 36 | |
| Ashland | 1.2 miles | 36 | |
| Castro Valley | 1.4 miles | 36 | |
| Hayward | 1.4 miles | 36 | |
| Lorenzo Station | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Russell City | 2.4 miles | 34 | |
| Robert (historical) | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Mount Eden | 3.0 miles | 36 |
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 Cherryland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q473016 | 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 1867005. 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.



















