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Fairfield, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94533. It stands on Laurel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield South quadrangle. 119,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Fairfield within Solano County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fairfield, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Fairfield, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Fairfield

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Fairfield grew from 105,321 to 119,881 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
2010105,321
2020119,881+14,560 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,769 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use66 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCATTLE
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTONEFIELD 3
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTWIN
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBLUE
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2008Smoking2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fairfield: 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Cordelia QuarryStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Nelson Hill QuarryStoneProducer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cement HillStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pacific Portland Cement Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tolenas SpringsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano County

Storms near this place

7 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairfield in 7 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 flood, 1 dust devil. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Dust DevilFairfield$5,000A dust devil in Alan Witt Park in Fairfield ripped part of the roof of a building, and sent debris flying everywhere. People nearby were not injured.
October 2025FloodFairfield-California Highway Patrol reported the I-80 offramp at Travis Boulevard was flooded with 7 to 8 inches of water from heavy rain.
November 2025FloodFairfield-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Travis Boulevard.
February 2024FloodFairfield-California Highway Patrol reported flooding of both lanes at 3050 Travis Boulevard.
November 2024FloodFairfield-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at 3050 Travis Blvd in Fairfield.
December 2023FloodFairfield-CHP reported standing water on I-80 West at the Waterman Blvd. off-ramp.
December 2023FloodFairfield-CHP reported roadway flooding on I-80 Eastbound/Travis Blvd off-ramp.

Every storm 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
Suisun0.8 miles34
Clima1.7 miles34
Suval2.0 miles34
Tolenas2.1 miles27
Chadbourne2.4 miles34
Subeet2.6 miles34
Russell3.0 miles34
Danielson3.5 miles34

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 FairfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q323432The 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 1656005. 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.