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San Andreas, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95249. It stands on San Andreas Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Andreas quadrangle. 2,994 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.

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San Andreas within Calaveras County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of San Andreas, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of San Andreas, surveyed 1889

On record in San Andreas

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

San Andreas grew from 2,783 to 2,994 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
20102,783
20202,994+211 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of San Andreas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,097 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 17 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
Equipment and vehicle use103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMHP OAK SHADOWS MHP CALAV
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIATA
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 49 9
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 16
9 September 1999Natural6.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 39
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitMILLS
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitQUAIL OAKS
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit16-N 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 368 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 368 workings within 5 miles of San Andreas: 126 occurrences, 120 unknowns, 74 past producers, 48 producers. 48 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Stone. 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
Bonanza DepositIronOccurrence
Calaveras Shale QuarryCalciumProducer
CasnelliQuartz, GoldOccurrence
FordGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerSurface/Underground
FordGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Minnesota Mining and Milling SherwoodStone, DimensionOccurrenceGravel
Rough Diamond Placer MineGold, QuartzProducerPlacer
San Andreas Cement PlantLimestone, General, ClayProducer
Toyon MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
E.A. Marsh Property J.H. HenryGold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calaveras County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Andreas in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindSan Andreas$1,000There was a large tree reported down across SR12. There was a gust to 38 mph measured at Mills Ave in eastern San Andreas.
May 2005HailSan Andreas$10no account filed
April 2026FloodSan Andreas-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at State Route 49 and State Route 12 from heavy rain.
October 2009Heavy RainSan Andreas-Various locations in Calaveras County reported 4 to 6 inches of rain on the 13th. This resulted in numerous storm drains becoming clogged which caused local street flooding.||Strong, gusty winds brought down large numbers of trees, large branches, and power lines which resulted in power outages to many customers in Calaveras County.

Every storm recorded in Calaveras 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
Oak Park Estates1.1 miles28
Toyon4.5 miles30
Calaveritas4.6 miles28
Fourth Crossing5.1 miles28
Paloma6.2 miles29
Jesus Maria6.4 miles29
Happy Valley7.2 miles29
Mokelumne Hill7.3 miles29

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 San AndreasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2371380The 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 277590. 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.