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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresFallbrook 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30,534 | |
| 2020 | 32,267 | +1,733 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Fallbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Fallbrook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fallbrook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Fallbrook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
301 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 121 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 94 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | MISSION |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FREEWAY |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ALTA |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | SANDY |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SANDY |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | San Diego Unit | DELUZ |
| 4 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | SYCAMORE DR / GREEN CANYO |
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | San Diego Unit | ROXANNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Flood | Fallbrook | 3 killed, 2 hurt, $60,000 | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Wildfire | Fallbrook | 19 hurt, $16,000,000 | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Heavy Rain | Fallbrook | $20,000,000 | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Flood | Fallbrook | $150,000 | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Fallbrook | $100,000 | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Fallbrook | $50,000 | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fallbrook | $35,000 | Power poles were blown over in Fallbrook. Widspread tree damage all across the county. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Fallbrook | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Flood | Fallbrook | - | CalTrans report of flooding at N Brandon Road at E Mission Road in Fallbrook. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Fallbrook | - | 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 2019 | Heavy Rain | Fallbrook | - | 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 2017 | Heavy Rain | Fallbrook | - | 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 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Fallbrook | - | Public reported a funnel cloud over the city of Fallbrook from a thunderstorm nearby. |
| February 2002 | Wildfire | Fallbrook | - | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Wildfire | Fallbrook | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Flood | Fallbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flood | Fallbrook | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Flood | Fallbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Fallbrook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeLuz | 1.6 miles | 35 | |
| Winterwarm | 2.9 miles | 31 | |
| Ridgecrest Estates | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| De Luz Heights | 4.0 miles | 36 | |
| San Luis Rey Heights | 4.5 miles | 31 | |
| Pala Mesa | 5.5 miles | 31 | |
| De Luz | 5.7 miles | 36 | |
| Rainbow | 6.0 miles | 30 |
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 Fallbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1279784 | 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 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.
















