Lexington Hills, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lexington Hills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95033. It lies near Moody Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Los Gatos quadrangle. 2,492 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 62 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 figuresLexington Hills grew from 2,421 to 2,492 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 | 2,421 | |
| 2020 | 2,492 | +71 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1916 USGS New Almaden quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Los Gatos quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS New Almaden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Los Gatos quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Los Gatos quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Los Gatos quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Lexington Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,519 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 | 139 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | LOST |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | SUMMIT |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SUMMIT RESTAURANT BURRELL |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PG&E #22 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | SUNSET |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | SUMMIT |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lexington Hills: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Hooker Creek | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Hooker Creek | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Jb King | Clay | Unknown | ||
| John Knorr Mine | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Douglas Ranch | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Douglas Ranch | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Lexington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Los Gatos Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Los Gatos Sand & Gravel Co. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldercroft Heights | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Chemeketa Park | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Holy City | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Redwood Estates | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Lexington (historical) | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Los Gatos | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Rinconada | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Shannon | 4.7 miles | 24 |
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 Lexington Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2684293 | 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 1867036. 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.










