Rocklin, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Rocklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95677. It stands on Clover Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocklin quadrangle. 71,601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The 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.


On record in Rocklin
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 1 record
- California Granite Companylisted 2012
Population over time
16 figuresRocklin grew from 542 to 71,601 between 1870 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 542 | |
| 1880 | 624 | +82 (+15%) |
| 1890 | 1,056 | +432 (+69%) |
| 1900 | 1,050 | -6 (-1%) |
| 1910 | 1,026 | -24 (-2%) |
| 1920 | 643 | -383 (-37%) |
| 1930 | 724 | +81 (+13%) |
| 1940 | 795 | +71 (+10%) |
| 1950 | 1,155 | +360 (+45%) |
| 1960 | 1,495 | +340 (+29%) |
| 1970 | 3,039 | +1,544 (+103%) |
| 1980 | 7,344 | +4,305 (+142%) |
| 1990 | 19,033 | +11,689 (+159%) |
| 2000 | 36,330 | +17,297 (+91%) |
| 2010 | 56,974 | +20,644 (+57%) |
| 2020 | 71,601 | +14,627 (+26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
771 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 771 fires within 5 miles of Rocklin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,910 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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 | 380 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 182 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Smoking | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | WHITNEY |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | BICHEL |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | HOG |
| 7 September 2018 | Smoking | 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 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Rocklin: 24 unknowns, 23 occurrences, 13 producers, 12 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Olean Colfax Mine | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Quartz | Occurrence | Sand | |
| Union Granite Co. | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Loomis Quarry | Stone, Granite | Producer | ||
| Rocklin Quarries | Stone, Granite | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Quarries | Stone, Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Loomis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone | Unknown | ||
| Rocklin Quarry | Granite, Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarries | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Collet Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocklin in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Rocklin | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain of the westbound lanes on Sunset Boulevard. |
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Rocklin | - | There was 2.00 of rainfall estimated over 24 hours. Clover Valley Creek rose to the top of its banks and extended into portions of Clover Valley Park. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Rocklin | - | Heavy rain fell for 20 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loomis | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Roseville | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Granite Bay | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Hidden Valley | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Whitney | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Penryn | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Placer One | 5.6 miles | 29 | |
| Bickford Ranch | 5.6 miles | 28 |
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 Rocklin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q984599 | 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 277586. 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.











