Fairview, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94541. It stands on Crow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hayward quadrangle. 11,341 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresFairview grew from 10,003 to 11,341 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 | 10,003 | |
| 2020 | 11,341 | +1,338 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
20 surveys from 36 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.
- 1899 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1915 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Haywards quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 149 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | CHABOT #2 |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | PIONEER |
| 7 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 Fairview: 5 producers, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bay Excavation Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Interpace | Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Silica | Producer | ||
| Oliver Salt | Salt | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Vista Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| La Vista Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward | 2.0 miles | 36 | |
| Castro Valley | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Sorenson | 2.5 miles | 36 | |
| Cherryland | 3.0 miles | 36 | |
| Halvern | 3.7 miles | 36 | |
| Ashland | 3.8 miles | 36 | |
| Mount Eden | 4.1 miles | 36 | |
| San Lorenzo | 4.2 miles | 36 |
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 Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1393430 | 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 1867023. 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.



















