Orland, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95963. It stands on Hambright Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orland quadrangle. 8,298 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 81 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 figuresOrland grew from 7,291 to 8,298 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 | 7,291 | |
| 2020 | 8,298 | +1,007 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1906 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Orland quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Orland quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Willows quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Orland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | FREEWAY. |
| 29 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | JACOB, H. |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | GAY |
| 2 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | CHRISTIAN |
| 2 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MARITA |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TRAVEL |
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | GEWERTZ |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MARTIN, D. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Orland: 9 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Chico Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orland Sand and Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| So. Pacific Railroad Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stony Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orland in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Orland | - | A member of the public reported a brief funnel cloud between Orland and Hamilton City. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Orland | - | Hail fell up to 3 inches deep, with some stones measuring up to penny-size. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Orland | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Orland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowood Estates | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wyo | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cory | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Malton (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Greenwood | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Grapit | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Capay | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Mills Orchard | 7.5 miles | 15 |
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 Orland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2679379 | 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 1659315. 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.






