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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.

King City within Monterey County

Then and now

1919 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of King City, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of King City, surveyed 1919

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

Population over time

2 figures

King 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.

YearPeople Change
201012,874
202013,332+458 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

188 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use71
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 101 N/ JOLON RD 2
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitGILL
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCENTRAL
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitJOLON
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHWY 101 N/ CENTRAL AV
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCENTRAL
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN BERNABE VINYARD
27 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTEAGUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ComstockMercuryProducer
Boyd DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chalone Pits and MillsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cumming Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Monterey County ? PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Elsa2.7 miles26
Welby3.4 miles24
Coburn5.4 miles26
San Lucas8.1 miles24
Greenfield9.7 miles26
Lonoak10.7 miles21
Metz10.8 miles26
Docas (historical)13.0 miles25

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q862700The 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.