Esparto, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Esparto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95627. It stands on Lamb Valley Slough. The Survey maps it on the Esparto quadrangle. 3,572 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1905 to 1972The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresEsparto grew from 3,108 to 3,572 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 | 3,108 | |
| 2020 | 3,572 | +464 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1905 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:24000
- 1916 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Capay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Esparto quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Berryessa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Esparto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,718 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #1 |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FORBES #2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | YOLO |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 137 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TWENTY SEVEN |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #3 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #1 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #4 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CAPAY #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Esparto: 7 producers, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cache Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Madison Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Madison Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Off-Channel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rieff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Solano Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stenhens Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esparto in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 6 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Esparto | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on County Road 19 and County Road 87. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Esparto | - | CHP reporting roadway flooding along County Road 19 from heavy rain. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Esparto | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at State Route 16 and County Road 86A in Woodland. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Esparto | - | CHP reported roadway flooding on highways 23 and 86A. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Esparto | - | Hwy 16 closed from Hwy 89 to Hwy 86A because of flooding. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Esparto | - | Caltrans reports that there was a full closure of Highway 16, both eastbound and westbound, due to flooding. (Esparto to Dounty Rd 89/Guys Station). |
| January 1997 | Flash Flood | Esparto | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Villa Estates | 0.3 miles | 23 | |
| Capay | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Madison | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cottonwood | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Citrona | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Arroz | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Cadenasso | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Jacobs Corner | 6.7 miles | 22 |
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 Esparto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1368039 | 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 277508. 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.












