Del Rey Oaks, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93940. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle. 1,592 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1913 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresDel Rey Oaks fell from 1,624 to 1,592 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 | 1,624 | |
| 2020 | 1,592 | -32 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Del Rey Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN CARLOS |
| 6 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MEADOWS |
| 6 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PANETTA |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CARPENTER |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | CABEU 003602 |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HIGHWAY 68 |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MATHESON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Del Rey Oaks: 17 past producers, 12 producers, 6 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Anthony | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carmel Stone Quarry-Passadori | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Meadows | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Monterey Mission Tile | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Monterey Mission Tile | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Rey Oaks in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Hail | Del Rey Oaks | - | Small accumulating hail in Del Rey Oaks. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Del Rey Oaks | - | An intense hail storm occurred near Ryan Ranch just south-southeast of Del Rey Oaks. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Del Rey Oaks | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Monte Heights | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Seaside | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Sand City | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Del Monte | 1.9 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Ord Village (historical) | 2.1 miles | 30 | |
| Monterey | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Cannery Row | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| New Monterey | 3.9 miles | 31 |
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 Del Rey Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2258788 | 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 1658400. 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.












