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Fallbrook, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fallbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92028. The Survey maps it on the Fallbrook quadrangle. 32,267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Fallbrook within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fallbrook, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Fallbrook, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Fallbrook grew from 30,534 to 32,267 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
201030,534
202032,267+1,733 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 36 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

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Fallbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,674 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use94
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism21
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Natural3

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitMISSION
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitFREEWAY
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALTA
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSANDY
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSANDY
6 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use35 acresSan Diego UnitDELUZ
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Diego UnitSYCAMORE DR / GREEN CANYO
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitROXANNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fallbrook: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallbrook in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 flood, 3 wildfire, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 21 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
December 2002FloodFallbrook3 killed, 2 hurt, $60,000no account filed
February 2002WildfireFallbrook19 hurt, $16,000,000no account filed
February 2005Heavy RainFallbrook$20,000,000no account filed
November 2002FloodFallbrook$150,000no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodFallbrook$100,000no account filed
February 2005Tornado (F0)Fallbrook$50,000no account filed
December 2004Thunderstorm WindFallbrook$35,000Power poles were blown over in Fallbrook. Widspread tree damage all across the county.
January 2005Flash FloodFallbrook$15,000no account filed
March 2024FloodFallbrook-CalTrans report of flooding at N Brandon Road at E Mission Road in Fallbrook.
April 2020FloodFallbrook-Water rising and flooding on Sandia Creek into the Santa Margarita River. 1-2 feet of water reported flowing over Sandia Creek Drive via SDCFCD webcam.
November 2019Heavy RainFallbrook-CalTrans reported that a vehicle spun off the road in Fallbrook and resulted in the car falling 100 feet down an embankment due to heavy rain.
January 2017Heavy RainFallbrook-An 80 ft oak tree fell on a mini van killing the driver. Saturated soils were likely an influencing factor. Winds were light at the time.
December 2012Funnel CloudFallbrook-Public reported a funnel cloud over the city of Fallbrook from a thunderstorm nearby.
February 2002WildfireFallbrook-no account filed
January 2001WildfireFallbrook-no account filed
November 2001FloodFallbrook-no account filed
July 1999FloodFallbrook-no account filed
February 1998FloodFallbrook-no account filed
May 1996HailFallbrook-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
DeLuz1.6 miles35
Winterwarm2.9 miles31
Ridgecrest Estates2.9 miles30
De Luz Heights4.0 miles36
San Luis Rey Heights4.5 miles31
Pala Mesa5.5 miles31
De Luz5.7 miles36
Rainbow6.0 miles30

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 FallbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1279784The 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 1652708. 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.