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San Dimas, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91773. It lies near Way Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Dimas quadrangle. 15,692 people lived here at the 2023 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

San Dimas within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 88 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 Dimas, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of San Dimas, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in San Dimas

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

Population over time

2 figures

San Dimas grew from 33,371 to 34,924 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
201033,371
202034,924+1,553 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 39 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

547 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 547 fires within 5 miles of San Dimas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,225 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined278
Arson/incendiarism83
Equipment and vehicle use45
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Smoking42
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks11
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural2
Other causes1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROCKY
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTATION
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of San Dimas: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Lordsburg DepositStoneProducer
Lordsburg DepositStone, DimensionPast Producer
San Dimas Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
San Dimas Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Featherstone DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Pomona Brick CoClayProspectSedimentary
Pomona Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Dimas in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
August 2014Flash FloodSan Dimas-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding near the intersection of Cattle Canyon Road and East Fork Road. No injuries were reported.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindSan Dimas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles 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
Charter Oak2.1 miles39
La Verne2.1 miles40
North Pomona3.2 miles36
Glendora3.7 miles39
Spadra3.8 miles36
Citrus4.5 miles40
La Fetra4.5 miles42
Pomona4.6 miles36

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 DimasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q923845The 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 1652785. 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.