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Contra Costa Centre, 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 94597. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Creek quadrangle. 6,808 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 302 feet above sea level.

Contra Costa Centre 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 Contra Costa Centre, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Contra Costa Centre, surveyed 1897

Population over time

2 figures

Contra Costa Centre grew from 5,364 to 6,808 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,364
20206,808+1,444 (+27%)

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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Contra Costa Centre between 1992 and 2020, burning about 768 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined174
Smoking76
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use65
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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 Contra Costa Centre: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clark & SonsClayProspect
CowellLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Cowell SilverSilverUnknown
Cowell Silver Sand Co., LawsSilicaProducerSand
Mitchell Canyon ProspectCopperProspect
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
N. M. Ball SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co.CalciumPast Producer
Mt. Diablo Lime Marl Co.CalciumPast Producer

Every working 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
Sparkle0.1 miles42
Waldon0.1 miles42
Las Juntas0.4 miles42
Bancroft0.7 miles42
Hookston1.0 miles42
Pleasant Hill1.4 miles42
Walnut Creek1.5 miles42
Meinert2.0 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 Contra Costa CentreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5165600The 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 2652367. 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.