Edna, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Luis Obispo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93401. It stands on East Corral de Piedra Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle. 184 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 266 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresEdna fell from 193 to 184 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 | 193 | |
| 2020 | 184 | -9 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 34 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.
- 1897 USGS Arroyo Grande quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1900 USGS San Luis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Arroyo Grande quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Arroyo Grande quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Arroyo Grande NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Edna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,642 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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 | 143 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 116 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | SLU 3082 |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | CASLU04171 |
| 6 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | TIFFANY |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | ONTARIO RD / SAN LUIS BAY |
| 3 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | TANK |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BRIDGE CREEK RD SLO_CO |
| 29 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Edna: 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 past producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Bar 5 Ranch Pit | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Isom Prospect | Manganese, Chromium | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Owen Group | Uranium | Producer | ||
| San Luis Brick Works, Inc. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Yoakum Tract | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Yoakum Tract | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwellton (historical) | 0.2 miles | 34 | |
| Asphalt Mines (historical) | 0.7 miles | 34 | |
| Steele (historical) | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Tiber | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Reeds (historical) | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Verde | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Pismo Beach | 4.5 miles | 32 | |
| Shell Beach | 4.6 miles | 32 |
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 Edna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5340005 | 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 271017. 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.











