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.
Then and now
1906 to 1989The 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.


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
Heathcote-MacKenzie Houselisted 1991
John W. Kottinger Adobe Barnlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresPleasanton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 70,285 | |
| 2020 | 79,871 | +9,586 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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 Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
349 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 210 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | WINERY |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | THE BOAT |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | BMW |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezley Quarry | Silver | Producer | ||
| Niles Canyon Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Pleasanton Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasonton Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Homestead Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Isler Mountain | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Ki-Lite Mine and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kit-Lite Mine and Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Hamilton Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Spotter reported pea sized hail in north Pleasanton. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Thunderstorm cell moved over the East Bay in the afternoon producing small hail over Livermore and Pleasanton. |
| January 2019 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Spotter reported small hail east of Pleasanton. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Pleasanton | - | Westbound 580 flooded, 3 to 4 feet of water on northbound lanes. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Pleasanton | - | Heavy rain caused major flooding on Bernal Avenue at Valley Avenue. |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Pleasanton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radum (historical) | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Remillard (historical) | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Asco (historical) | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Elliot (historical) | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Verona | 2.5 miles | 31 | |
| East Pleasanton | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Kilkare Woods | 3.1 miles | 31 | |
| Dougherty | 3.8 miles | 31 |
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 Pleasanton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q747444 | 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 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.











