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Citrus Heights, 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 95610. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Heights quadrangle. 87,583 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

Citrus Heights 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 Citrus Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Citrus Heights, surveyed 1891

Population over time

2 figures

Citrus Heights grew from 83,301 to 87,583 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
201083,301
202087,583+4,282 (+5%)

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

857 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 857 fires within 5 miles of Citrus Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,736 acres in total. None started naturally. 89 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/undetermined570
Arson/incendiarism89
Equipment and vehicle use77
Smoking58
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCOLIN
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPFE
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Citrus Heights: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Clay. 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
American Olean Colfax MineClay, StoneProducer
General UtilityGold, SilverPast Producer
Strap RavineGold, SilverPast Producer
Enwood Sand & Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Enwood Sand and Rock Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dredge TailingsGoldUnknown
Dredge Tailings.GoldOccurrence
Oro Bell Dredging Co. Chenoweth DredgerGoldProducerPlacer
Roseville Gold Dredging CoGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working 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
Antelope2.6 miles35
Orangevale3.5 miles31
Sabre City4.1 miles35
Foothill Farms4.2 miles35
Fair Oaks4.3 miles35
Walerga5.0 miles35
North Highlands5.0 miles35
Fairoaks Bridge (historical)5.1 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 Citrus HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q658402The 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 1655900. 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.