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San Gabriel, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91776. The Survey maps it on the El Monte quadrangle. 39,568 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

San Gabriel within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 85 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 Gabriel, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of San Gabriel, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in San Gabriel

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

3 figures

San Gabriel grew from 737 to 39,568 between 1900 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
1900737
201039,718
202039,568-150 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 50 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

362 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 362 fires within 5 miles of San Gabriel between 2005 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined224
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking34
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning13
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2010Smoking3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of San Gabriel: 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Higgins Brick and Tile CoClayProspectSedimentary
L. A. Decomposed Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccaslin Materials Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monterey Park Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Torrance Brick Co.-Monterey Park 2ClayPast Producer
La Decomposed Granite CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Monterey Park Granite Co, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Osborn CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Osborn Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Gabriel in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth San Gabriel-Trained weather spotters in the city of Monterey Park reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH. The strong thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage and knocked down a power pole.
November 1997Thunderstorm WindSan Gabriel-A line of severe thunderstorms developed across the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Gabriel Valley. Observations reported winds gusting up to 74 mph.

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
Sibagna (historical)0.1 miles50
East San Gabriel0.8 miles49
Stoneman1.0 miles50
Alhambra1.1 miles46
San Marino1.7 miles47
Wilmar1.7 miles50
Ramona Park1.9 miles50
Rosemead2.1 miles49

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 GabrielAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953437The 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 1656614. 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.