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.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The 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.


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.
Suisun Masonic Lodge No. 55listed 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresFairfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 105,321 | |
| 2020 | 119,881 | +14,560 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 34 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 Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1901 USGS Karquines quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1940 USGS Carquinez Strait quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Carquinez quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Fairfield South quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 66 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CATTLE |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | STONEFIELD 3 |
| 23 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | TWIN |
| 23 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BLUE |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordelia Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Nelson Hill Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cement Hill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Pacific Portland Cement Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Tolenas Springs | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Dust Devil | Fairfield | $5,000 | A 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 2025 | Flood | Fairfield | - | California Highway Patrol reported the I-80 offramp at Travis Boulevard was flooded with 7 to 8 inches of water from heavy rain. |
| November 2025 | Flood | Fairfield | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Travis Boulevard. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Fairfield | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding of both lanes at 3050 Travis Boulevard. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Fairfield | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at 3050 Travis Blvd in Fairfield. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Fairfield | - | CHP reported standing water on I-80 West at the Waterman Blvd. off-ramp. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Fairfield | - | CHP reported roadway flooding on I-80 Eastbound/Travis Blvd off-ramp. |
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.
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 Fairfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q323432 | 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 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.














