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East Richmond Heights, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94805. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 3,460 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.

East Richmond Heights within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Richmond Heights, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of East Richmond Heights, surveyed 1895

On record in East Richmond Heights

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

4 figures

East Richmond Heights grew from 3,266 to 3,460 between 1990 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
19903,266
20003,357+91 (+3%)
20103,280-77 (-2%)
20203,460+180 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 40 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

390 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of East Richmond Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined261
Arson/incendiarism55
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSanta Clara UnitHALLOCK
4 September 2007Missing 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 Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of East Richmond Heights: 20 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Berkeley HillsSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite
Blake Brothers San PabloStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand
Richmond MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
PinoleDiatomiteProspect
Pinole Dohrman, PawseyDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
United Materials and Richmond Pressed Brick Co.ClayProducer1907
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
Untd. Mtrls. & Rchmnd.Prssd.Brck.CoClayPast Producer
Berkeley HillsLeadUnknown

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
East Richmond0.1 miles40
Rollingwood1.6 miles40
Richmond1.9 miles40
El Cerrito2.0 miles40
San Pablo2.1 miles40
Stege2.1 miles40
Easter Hill Village2.2 miles40
El Sobrante2.4 miles40

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 East Richmond HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2317126The 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 1867019. 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.