El Segundo, California
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Bay Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90245. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle. 17,272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 115 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
On record in El Segundo
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 1 record
- El Segundo Woman's Clublisted 2023
Population over time
3 figuresEl Segundo grew from 1,563 to 17,272 between 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,563 | |
| 2010 | 16,654 | |
| 2020 | 17,272 | +618 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 44 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.
- 1896 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000
- 1924 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Venice quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of El Segundo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 121 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of El Segundo: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Beach Mining & Dredging Co | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Redondo Beach Chalcedony | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clifton | Titanium, Metal | Producer | ||
| Clifton-Redondo Placer | Titanium, Metal | Producer | Ilmenite | |
| Gordon Transfer & Trucking Co. | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Independent Brick Co. Pit and Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Material Yard | Clay | Producer | ||
| Mcilroy Blasting Sand Co. | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Paramount Sand Co. | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Simmons Brick Co.-Inglewood Plant | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperion (historical) | 1.0 miles | 44 | |
| Palisades Del Rey (historical) | 1.8 miles | 44 | |
| Lairport | 2.0 miles | 40 | |
| Manhattan Beach | 2.4 miles | 42 | |
| Holton (historical) | 2.4 miles | 44 | |
| Del Aire | 2.5 miles | 40 | |
| Playa del Rey | 2.6 miles | 44 | |
| Westchester | 2.9 miles | 44 |
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 El Segundo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983859 | 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 1660605. 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.














