King City, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the King City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93930. It stands on San Lorenzo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Canyon quadrangle. 13,332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1919 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1919 against another survey:
On record in King City
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
King City Joint Union High School Auditoriumlisted 1991
Milpitas Ranchhouselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresKing City grew from 12,874 to 13,332 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 | 12,874 | |
| 2020 | 13,332 | +458 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1919 USGS King City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS King City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS King City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Thompson Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS King City quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Point Sur quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of King City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 777 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HWY 101 N/ JOLON RD 2 |
| 7 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | GILL |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CENTRAL |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | JOLON |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HWY 101 N/ CENTRAL AV |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CENTRAL |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SAN BERNABE VINYARD |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TEAGUE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of King City: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comstock | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Boyd Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chalone Pits and Mills | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cumming Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Monterey County ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsa | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Welby | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Coburn | 5.4 miles | 26 | |
| San Lucas | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Greenfield | 9.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lonoak | 10.7 miles | 21 | |
| Metz | 10.8 miles | 26 | |
| Docas (historical) | 13.0 miles | 25 |
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 King City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q862700 | 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 1652734. 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.











