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Loyola, California

52 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94024. It stands on Purisima Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cupertino quadrangle. 3,491 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 243 feet above sea level.

Loyola within Santa Clara County

Then and now

1897 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Loyola, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Loyola, surveyed 1897

Population over time

2 figures

Loyola grew from 3,261 to 3,491 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
20103,261
20203,491+230 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 52 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

168 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Loyola between 1993 and 2020, burning about 255 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined80
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara Unitnot named
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Clara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Loyola: 15 producers, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium, Clay. 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
Permanente Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Permanente QuarryCalcium, Clay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Stevens Creek QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Permanente Cement Co.Calcium, ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Stevens Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Stevens Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
BondCalciumProspect
Permanente Cement PlantCalciumProducer
WinshipCalciumProspect
Bahr & Ledoyen, Inc.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Clara 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
Loyola Corners0.8 miles52
The Highlands1.1 miles52
Woodland Acres1.3 miles52
Blossom Valley1.6 miles52
Waverly Park1.9 miles52
Cuesta Park2.0 miles52
Los Altos2.4 miles52
Cuernavaca2.5 miles52

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 LoyolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2090576The 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 1867038. 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.