Fort Bragg, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Bragg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95437. It stands on Pudding Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Bragg quadrangle. 6,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fort Bragg
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 2 records
Olinsky Buildinglisted 1995
Weller Houselisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresFort Bragg fell from 7,273 to 6,983 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 | 7,273 | |
| 2020 | 6,983 | -290 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Fort Bragg quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
347 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Fort Bragg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 7 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 | 135 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MCDH FORT_BRAGG |
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FRANKLIN RD FORTB 8 |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ODELL INCIDENT |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGNTNING 108 |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MITCHELL |
| 7 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MULLEN |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TURNER |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | COAST |
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 Fort Bragg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noyo | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Heeser Addition | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cleone | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Glenblair | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| South Fork | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Caspar | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Redwood Lodge | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Inglenook | 6.3 miles | 17 |
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 Fort Bragg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q579180 | 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 1656027. 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.






