Hidden Meadows, California
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Valley Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92026. The Survey maps it on the Valley Center quadrangle. 4,484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresHidden Meadows grew from 3,485 to 4,484 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 | 3,485 | |
| 2020 | 4,484 | +999 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 42 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.
- 1893 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 | 215 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 156 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BROADWAY |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | ROCK |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CIRCLE |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | GOPHER |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CENTER 2 |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | San Diego Unit | LILAC |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | VISTA. |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TWIN OAKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Meadows: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradburry Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Monarch Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| White Oak Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bryant, D. G., San Marcos | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fellows and Clutter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| National Blue Granite Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Oaks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Welk Resort Village | 1.5 miles | 40 | |
| Jesmond Dene | 3.1 miles | 42 | |
| Twin Oaks | 3.6 miles | 40 | |
| Valley Center | 4.2 miles | 42 | |
| Lilac | 4.6 miles | 32 | |
| Richland | 5.1 miles | 40 | |
| Buena | 6.2 miles | 40 | |
| San Marcos | 6.3 miles | 40 |
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 Hidden Meadows | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2314579 | 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 1867027. 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.















