Redlands, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92373. It stands on The Zanja. The Survey maps it on the Redlands quadrangle. 73,168 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1899 against another survey:
On record in Redlands
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
A. K. Smiley Public Librarylisted 1976
Auerbacher Homelisted 2012
Barton Villalisted 1996
Beverly Ranchlisted 2004
Robert J. Dunn Houselisted 2017
Kimberly Crestlisted 1996
Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barnlisted 1991
Redlands Santa Fe Depot Districtlisted 1991
Smiley Park Historic Districtlisted 1994
US Post Office-Redlands Mainlisted 1985- City Transfer and Storage Company Warehouselisted 2023
- Judson and Brown Ditchlisted 2015
Population over time
5 figuresRedlands grew from 43,619 to 73,168 between 1980 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 43,619 | |
| 1990 | 60,394 | +16,775 (+38%) |
| 2000 | 63,591 | +3,197 (+5%) |
| 2010 | 68,747 | +5,156 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 73,168 | +4,421 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 39 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.
- 1899 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands 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
- 1967 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
776 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 776 fires within 5 miles of Redlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,021 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 91 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 | 363 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 91 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 67 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | CONE |
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 293 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CANYON |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 57 acres | California Desert District | GREENSPOT |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | BASELINE IC 2 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | GOLFBALL |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | PALM AV / 9TH ST 3 |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Redlands: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old Webster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Rock and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plunge Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redlands Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tri-City Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redlands in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1998 | Heavy Rain | Redlands | 4 hurt | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Redlands | $700,000 | Water overflowed the banks of the Mill Creek Zanja flood channel, causing an estimated $700,000 in damage to the flood channel and surrounding areas near Sylvan Park and the University of Redlands. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Village | 1.0 miles | 39 | |
| Lugonia Homes | 1.1 miles | 39 | |
| University Village | 1.3 miles | 39 | |
| Sunkist | 1.6 miles | 39 | |
| Smiley Heights | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Warner | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Redlands Heights | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Nevada | 2.0 miles | 39 |
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 Redlands | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q753830 | 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 252966. 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.















