Las Lomas, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Pajaro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95076. It stands on Carneros Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prunedale quadrangle. 3,046 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresLas Lomas grew from 3,024 to 3,046 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 | 3,024 | |
| 2020 | 3,046 | +22 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1915 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Prunedale quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
361 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Las Lomas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 419 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 135 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | SAN ANDREAS |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | ELKHORN |
| 9 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | P.G.& E. #17 |
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SHERRY |
| 8 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | THURWACHTER |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E 31 |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003655 |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MELUGAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Las Lomas: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Monterey Bay Salt Works | Salt | Producer | ||
| Triumph Steel Co | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watsonville Junction | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Pajaro | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Elkhorn | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Vega (historical) | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Dunbarton (historical) | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Moss Landing | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Moss | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Oak Hills | 6.1 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 Las Lomas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460997 | 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 1655082. 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.











