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Concord, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94520. It stands on Galindo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Creek quadrangle. 125,410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Concord within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Concord, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Concord, surveyed 1897

On record in Concord

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Concord grew from 122,067 to 125,410 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
2010122,067
2020125,410+3,343 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 42 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

558 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 558 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,574 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 94 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/undetermined229
Arson/incendiarism94
Equipment and vehicle use76
Smoking75
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 10 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Pumice. 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
CowellLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Cowell SilverSilverUnknown
Cowell Silver Sand Co., LawsSilicaProducerSand
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Silver SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
AlvarnezPumiceOccurrence
AlvarnezPumicePast Producer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co.CalciumPast Producer
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.CalciumPast Producer
Unnamed LocationCalciumProspect

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2018HailConcord-Pea sized hail reported on social media.
March 2018HailConcord-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa 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
Four Corners1.6 miles42
Ohmer (historical)2.2 miles34
Meinert2.3 miles42
Pacheco2.4 miles42
Pleasant Hill2.6 miles42
Hookston2.8 miles42
Cowell2.8 miles27
Bancroft3.2 miles42

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 ConcordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q490441The 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 1658308. 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.