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Rancho Santa Fe, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92067. It lies near Osuna Valley. The Survey maps it on the Rancho Santa Fe quadrangle. 3,156 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 246 feet above sea level.

Rancho Santa Fe within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho Santa Fe, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rancho Santa Fe, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Rancho Santa Fe

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Rancho Santa Fe grew from 3,117 to 3,156 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
20103,117
20203,156+39 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Santa Fe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,124 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined76
Equipment and vehicle use44
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSan Diego UnitHARMONY
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitHORIZON
26 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHERRMANN
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Diego UnitBERNARDO
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitPALMA
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCAMINO SANTA FE / FOUR G
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSan Diego UnitLA PALMA
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitLINDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Santa Fe: 11 past producers, 6 prospects, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay, Aluminum. 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
EncinitasCopper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Carmean QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Greenstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carmean QuarryStoneProducer
Coast Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greenstone QuarryStoneProducer
Harris DepositTalc-Soapstone, GoldPast Producer
Pioneer DepositTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Pioneer MineTalc-SoapstoneProducerPyrophyllite
Smith Construction Co. DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rancho Santa Fe in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 1 lightning, 1 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2019LightningRancho Santa Fe$2,000Broadcast media reported that lightning struck a fence and caused damage to it. 40 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were observed during this event.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindRancho Santa Fe-Member of the public reports medium-sized tree snapped in half and landed on their car. Picture provided via social media with wind estimates near 30-40 mph.
January 2023Debris FlowRancho Santa Fe-CalTrans report of a mudslide leading to rocks and dirt blocking eastbound lanes on Via de Santa Fe near Rancho Santa Fe.

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Olivenhain2.5 miles43
Eden Gardens3.7 miles22
Solana Beach4.1 miles22
Cardiff-by-the-Sea4.2 miles50
Elfin Forest4.2 miles43
Encinitas4.9 miles50
Del Mar5.3 miles22
Del Dios5.7 miles43

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 Rancho Santa FeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979425The 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 247968. 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.