Lucerne, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95458. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. 3,266 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1938 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1938 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresLucerne grew from 3,067 to 3,266 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 | 3,067 | |
| 2020 | 3,266 | +199 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1938 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:48000
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Lucerne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,830 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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 | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FOOTHILL |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPRINGE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FLOYD |
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PHILLIPS |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BRUNER |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PANORAMIC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lucerne: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Mercury, Asbestos, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Ranch | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unknown | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Cooper and Moore Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Last Chance | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Utopia | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Utopia Mine | Mercury | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperwood Grove | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Nice | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Rose Place | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Glenhaven | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Buckingham Park | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Soda Bay | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Kaci-badon (historical) | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeport | 7.1 miles | 22 |
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 Lucerne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3316662 | 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 277551. 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.









