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Pleasanton, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94566. The Survey maps it on the Livermore quadrangle. 79,871 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.

Pleasanton within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasanton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Pleasanton, surveyed 1906

On record in Pleasanton

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Pleasanton grew from 70,285 to 79,871 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
201070,285
202079,871+9,586 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

349 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Pleasanton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,228 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined210
Equipment and vehicle use73
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking20
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2014Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitWINERY
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitTHE BOAT
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBMW
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Pleasanton: 15 past producers, 12 producers, 7 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Bezley QuarrySilverProducer
Niles Canyon Road PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Pleasanton DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Pleasonton DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Homestead DepositManganeseOccurrence
Isler MountainManganeseOccurrence
Ki-Lite Mine and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kit-Lite Mine and MillClayPast Producer
Mt. Hamilton DepositManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasanton in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021HailPleasanton-Spotter reported pea sized hail in north Pleasanton.
March 2020HailPleasanton-Thunderstorm cell moved over the East Bay in the afternoon producing small hail over Livermore and Pleasanton.
January 2019HailPleasanton-Spotter reported small hail east of Pleasanton.
February 2017FloodPleasanton-Westbound 580 flooded, 3 to 4 feet of water on northbound lanes.
October 2009FloodPleasanton-Heavy rain caused major flooding on Bernal Avenue at Valley Avenue.
November 1996Flash FloodPleasanton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alameda 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
Radum (historical)1.0 miles27
Remillard (historical)1.3 miles27
Asco (historical)1.4 miles27
Elliot (historical)2.0 miles27
Verona2.5 miles31
East Pleasanton2.5 miles27
Kilkare Woods3.1 miles31
Dougherty3.8 miles31

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 PleasantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q747444The 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 277578. 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.