Menifee, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92585. It lies near Double Butte. The Survey maps it on the Romoland quadrangle. 102,527 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMenifee grew from 77,519 to 102,527 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 | 77,519 | |
| 2020 | 102,527 | +25,008 (+32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Murrieta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Murrieta quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Romoland quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,057 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,057 fires within 5 miles of Menifee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,992 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 92 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 | 515 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 260 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 92 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 76 |
| Smoking | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SUN CITY BL MENI |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | DESERT TERRACE DR MENI |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | GOETZ |
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SERPENS CT MENI |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | GRAND |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | POWERLINE |
| 8 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | STATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Menifee: 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Gold, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silt Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rigers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Co. Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Co. Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| K & K Ranch | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Machado Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Menifee Mine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Patterson Claim | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Romoland Group | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menifee in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2018 | Flood | Menifee | $25,000 | Several vehicles were stuck in mud and flooded out. Additional urban flooding was reported elsewhere in the Inland Empire. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Menifee | $25,000 | A thunderstorm along the Elsinore Convergence Zone produced a landspout tornado near Menifee. The landspout blew over about a dozen pine trees and a few palm trees at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. A few homes were damage by falling trees. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menifee | $1,000 | Various lawn furniture items such as chairs and tables were picked up and thrown through the air. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Menifee | $500 | The public reported 1-inch hail in Menifee from an early morning thunderstorm. Local news media reported large hail cracked a vehicle windshield in Menifee from the same storm. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menifee | - | Four downed trees in Menifee from thunderstorm wind gusts (measured at 40-46 mph). Two trees were dead. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romoland | 1.9 miles | 35 | |
| Homeland | 2.2 miles | 36 | |
| Sun City | 3.0 miles | 35 | |
| Menifee Lakes | 3.4 miles | 35 | |
| Winchester | 3.6 miles | 36 | |
| Green Acres | 3.8 miles | 36 | |
| Valley Vista | 4.0 miles | 36 | |
| Juniper Springs | 4.2 miles | 36 |
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 Menifee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476276 | 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 252936. 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.












