Greenacres, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rosedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93312. The Survey maps it on the Oildale quadrangle. 5,496 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresGreenacres fell from 5,566 to 5,496 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 | 5,566 | |
| 2020 | 5,496 | -70 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 33 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.
- 1906 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1910 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Oildale quadrangle1:31680
- 1935 USGS Oildale quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Bakersfield West quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oildale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Oildale quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
253 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Greenacres between 1996 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 | 159 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kern County Fire Department | 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 Greenacres: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern River Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Caulay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kern River Commun Use Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kern River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Webster Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale | 1.4 miles | 33 | |
| Rosedale | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Jastro | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Quailwood | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Landco | 2.6 miles | 33 | |
| Kern City | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Olde Stockdale | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Oil Junction | 3.8 miles | 33 |
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 Greenacres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3498404 | 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 1652714. 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.














