Los Molinos, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Tehama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96055. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Los Molinos quadrangle. 2,098 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Los Molinos
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Molino Lodge Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresLos Molinos grew from 2,037 to 2,098 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 | 2,037 | |
| 2020 | 2,098 | +61 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1905 USGS Tehama quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Los Molinos quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
535 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 535 fires within 5 miles of Los Molinos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,192 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 31 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 | 219 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 132 |
| Debris and open burning | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | TORRES, L. |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MAGNOLIA |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GRANT |
| 7 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | WORTHINGTON |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROWEN,C |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PG&E #3 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TEHAMA |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROMIANO |
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 Los Molinos: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vina Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Doyle Pit #17 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox's Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Piedmont Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomes Creek Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Molinos in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Los Molinos | $50,000 | Flooding with evacuations in 2 RV parks. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Molinos | $5,000 | A thunderstorm with straight line winds in excess of 95 mph (estimated) destroyed an awning of a home. The awning was 14 feet wide and 55 feet long and was completely destroyed. It broke the bolts securing it to the concrete slab and lifted the structure up and over the home, damaging power lines and a portion of the roof where it was attached to the house. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Los Molinos | $1,000 | A thunderstorm with straight line winds in excess of 95 mph (estimated) from passing thunderstorms brought down a 4 foot in diameter trunk, 200 foot tall pine tree. The tree narrowly missed the home, falling to the east. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Los Molinos | - | Highway 99 was closed from Aramayo Way to South Avenue in the area of Vina. |
| April 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Los Molinos | - | Tehama County sheriffs observed two funnel clouds over the city. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehama | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ensign (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Gerber | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| El Camino | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Kiska | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Las Flores | 4.8 miles | 26 | |
| Copeland | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Richfield | 5.2 miles | 17 |
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 Los Molinos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2396734 | 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 277548. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






