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Elmira, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Vacaville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95625. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Elmira within Solano County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Elmira, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Elmira, surveyed 1908

Population over time

2 figures

Elmira grew from 188 to 193 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
2010188
2020193+5 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Elmira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Debris and open burning2
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 2015Misuse of fire by a minor16 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCEMENT
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRANDVIEW
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elmira: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, 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
Q Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Oil DepositClayUnknown
Greenstone QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano 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
Leisure Town2.2 miles26
Cannon3.6 miles26
Violet (historical)4.1 miles24
Vacaville4.2 miles26
Ulatis Park4.2 miles26
Binghamton4.6 miles22
Vacaville Junction4.7 miles26
Cordero Junction4.8 miles26

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 ElmiraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3089304The 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 1655995. 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.