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Encinitas, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92024. The Survey maps it on the Encinitas quadrangle. 62,007 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Encinitas within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Encinitas, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Encinitas, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Encinitas

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Encinitas grew from 2,786 to 62,007 between 1960 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
19602,786
201059,518
202062,007+2,489 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 50 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Encinitas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Diego UnitBERNARDO
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitLEWIS
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
27 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitGOLF CART
16 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
12 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego UnitREPOSA
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Encinitas: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Moonlight Beach DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Ponto Beach DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ponto Beach Deposit AbizaidStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gladding Mcbean & Co. MineClayPast Producer
Huchting Ranch DepositClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Encinitas in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 flood, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 27 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2003Rip CurrentEncinitas25 hurtno account filed
December 2000High SurfEncinitas2 hurtno account filed
April 2020Flash FloodEncinitas$70,000Encinitas Police Department is reporting 12 incidents of flooding and flash flooding in Encinitas. Several people have been evacuated from homes in the Encinitas Blvd/Quail Gardens Road area. Twenty persons evacuated from a nursing home. Debris flow also in flooded area up to window of structure at Sunshine Gardens Apartments.
February 2004Flash FloodEncinitas$30,000no account filed
January 2017Thunderstorm WindEncinitas$15,000A squall produced a short burst of 50-65 mph winds between Cardiff by the Sea and Lake Hodges. The mesonet station at Elfin Forest reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph. Tree damage was also reported.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Encinitas$1,500A waterspout came ashore in Encinitas and blew down a few trees before dissipating. One of the trees fell across some railroad tracks and temporarily halted train traffic.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEncinitas$1,000A large tree was downed near Weidners Garden.
February 2024FloodEncinitas-Flooding reported at Vulcan Ave and Hygeia Ave. 1 to 1.35 inches of rain in past 6 hours and up to 0.50 in 1 hour.
January 2024FloodEncinitas-I-5 North/Leucadia South slow lane had standing water and dirt following a landslide in the area. One inch of rain fell in the prior 3 hours.
January 2023FloodEncinitas-Escondido Creek overflowed, and flooded fields and parking areas alongside the river and Rancho Santa Fe Road.
April 2020Flash FloodEncinitas-Flash flooding and debris on Encinitaas Blvd at Quail Gardens Road. Power lines fell into the water and were hazardous.
January 1998WaterspoutEncinitas-no account filed
January 1998Tornado (F1)Encinitas-no account filed
November 1998FloodEncinitas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Cardiff-by-the-Sea1.2 miles50
Leucadia2.2 miles50
Olivenhain3.1 miles43
Solana Beach3.4 miles22
Eden Gardens3.9 miles22
La Costa4.0 miles50
Rancho Santa Fe4.9 miles43
Del Mar5.5 miles22

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 EncinitasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q532711The 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 1652705. 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.