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.
Then and now
1894 to 1982The 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.


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
San Dimas Hotellisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresSan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33,371 | |
| 2020 | 34,924 | +1,553 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 39 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.
- 1894 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Glendora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Dimas quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
547 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 278 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 45 |
| Smoking | 42 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ROCKY |
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | POWER |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | STATION |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lordsburg Deposit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Lordsburg Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| San Dimas Barite Deposit | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| San Dimas Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Featherstone Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Featherstone Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Pomona Brick Co | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Pomona Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | San 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Dimas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Oak | 2.1 miles | 39 | |
| La Verne | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| North Pomona | 3.2 miles | 36 | |
| Glendora | 3.7 miles | 39 | |
| Spadra | 3.8 miles | 36 | |
| Citrus | 4.5 miles | 40 | |
| La Fetra | 4.5 miles | 42 | |
| Pomona | 4.6 miles | 36 |
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 Dimas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q923845 | 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 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.

















