Redondo Beach, California
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South Bay Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90277. The Survey maps it on the Redondo Beach quadrangle. 71,576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 62 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
On record in Redondo Beach
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 5 records
Diamond Apartmentslisted 1992
Redondo Beach Public Librarylisted 1981
Sweetser Residencelisted 1985
Woman's Club of Redondo Beachlisted 1984- Redondo Beach Original Townsite Historic Districtlisted 1988
Population over time
3 figuresRedondo Beach grew from 603 to 71,576 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 | 603 | |
| 2010 | 66,748 | |
| 2020 | 71,576 | +4,828 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 43 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.
- 1896 USGS Redondo 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
- 1924 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:20000
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Redondo Beach between 2005 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 60 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 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 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Redondo Beach: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Titanium, Metal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdick Minerals Corp. | Titanium, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Redondo Beach Chalcedony | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Dicalite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Richard Ball | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Torrance Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton | Titanium, Metal | Producer | ||
| Clifton-Redondo Placer | Titanium, Metal | Producer | Ilmenite | |
| Torrance B Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Caswell & Co. | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redondo Beach in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2000: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 rip current. The reports record 1 death and 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Rip Current | Redondo Beach | 1 killed | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Storm Surge/Tide | Redondo Beach | 27 hurt | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermosa Beach | 1.1 miles | 43 | |
| Clifton | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Dudmore | 2.0 miles | 41 | |
| Monaco | 2.3 miles | 41 | |
| Hollywood Riviera | 2.4 miles | 43 | |
| Perry | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Torrance | 2.7 miles | 41 | |
| Manhattan Beach | 2.7 miles | 42 |
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 Redondo Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q840678 | 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 1652782. 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.















