Rolling Hills, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93636. The Survey maps it on the Lanes Bridge quadrangle. 793 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRolling Hills grew from 742 to 793 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 742 | |
| 2020 | 793 | +51 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1922 USGS Lanes Bridge quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Lanes Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lanes Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Lanes Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Herndon quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
408 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,037 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 212 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 120 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | AVE 12 / RD 38 |
| 9 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | I-5 |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ROADSIDE |
| 5 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 41 / AVE 12 |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 38 I/C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Hills: 10 producers, 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pinedale Rock Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Trigo Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mccoon Lease | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Bros | Stone | Unknown | ||
| San Joaqin Rock | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Volpa Bros | Stone | Unknown | ||
| R.M. Rock Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Blackstone Pit & Mill Plant No 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Caglia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin River Estates | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Bonadelle Ranchos Nine | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sumner Hill | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Madera Ranchos | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bonadelle Ranchos | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Gregg | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Trigo | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lankershim (historical) | 10.0 miles | 19 |
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 Rolling Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7361179 | 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 1812811. 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.












