Pomona, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91766. The Survey maps it on the San Dimas quadrangle. 151,713 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
On record in Pomona
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 12 records
Barbara Greenwood Kindergartenlisted 1978
La Casa Alvaradolisted 1978
Lincoln Park Historic Districtlisted 2004
Mayfair Hotellisted 2017
Ygnacio Palomares Adobelisted 1971
Phillips Mansionlisted 1974
Pomona City Stablelisted 2004
Pomona Fox Theaterlisted 1982
Pomona YMCA Buildinglisted 1986- Edison Historic Districtlisted 1986
- La Casa Primera de Rancho San Joselisted 1975
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary Schoollisted 1989
Population over time
3 figuresPomona grew from 3,634 to 151,713 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 3,634 | |
| 2010 | 149,058 | |
| 2020 | 151,713 | +2,655 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 36 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.
- 1894 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Claremont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
507 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 507 fires within 5 miles of Pomona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,069 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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 | 300 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Smoking | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pomona: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Elmira | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Chino Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pomona Brick Co | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Pomona Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomona in 3 storm reports in 1998: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Flash Flood | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Pomona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pomona | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| Spadra | 2.5 miles | 36 | |
| La Verne | 3.2 miles | 40 | |
| Claremont | 3.3 miles | 46 | |
| Diamond Bar | 3.6 miles | 36 | |
| San Dimas | 4.6 miles | 39 | |
| Charter Oak | 6.0 miles | 39 | |
| Walnut | 6.5 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 Pomona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q486868 | 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 1661247. 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.















