Guadalupe, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93434. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle. 8,057 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Guadalupe
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 1 record
- Royal Theater (Additional Documentation)listed 2022
Population over time
2 figuresGuadalupe grew from 7,080 to 8,057 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 | 7,080 | |
| 2020 | 8,057 | +977 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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.
- 1905 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Guadalupe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 576 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | SLU 2993 |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | TEFFT |
| 26 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | DUNE |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | ALBERT |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | TRILOGY |
| 14 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | INDIANA |
| 11 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | WILLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Guadalupe: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betteravia Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Guadalupe Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone Canyon Jasper Deposit | Gemstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guadalupe in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 rip current. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Rip Current | Guadalupe | 2 killed | Two men who were fishing along Guadalupe Beach were swept out to sea by a large wave. Both men were presumed dead. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Guadalupe | - | Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding on Highway 1 near the Quintana Road. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Guadalupe | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the community of Guadalupe. Three vehicles were trapped when a roadway flooded due to the heavy rain. |
| November 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guadalupe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barsug | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Bragur | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Betteravia Junction | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Iremel | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Carr | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Waldorf | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Gum | 4.5 miles | 27 | |
| Betteravia | 4.8 miles | 27 |
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 Guadalupe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24335 | 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 1652715. 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.













