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.
Then and now
1894 to 1979The 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.


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
La Laguna de San Gabriellisted 2017
San Gabriel Missionlisted 1971
San Gabriel Mission Playhouselisted 2019
Population over time
3 figuresSan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 737 | |
| 2010 | 39,718 | |
| 2020 | 39,568 | -150 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 50 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 Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Alhambra quadrangle1:24000
- 1926 USGS Alhambra quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Monte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS El Monte quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
362 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 224 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins Brick and Tile Co | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| L. A. Decomposed Granite Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mccaslin Materials Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monterey Park Granite Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Torrance Brick Co.-Monterey Park 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| La Decomposed Granite Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Monterey Park Granite Co, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Osborn Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Osborn Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | San 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibagna (historical) | 0.1 miles | 50 | |
| East San Gabriel | 0.8 miles | 49 | |
| Stoneman | 1.0 miles | 50 | |
| Alhambra | 1.1 miles | 46 | |
| San Marino | 1.7 miles | 47 | |
| Wilmar | 1.7 miles | 50 | |
| Ramona Park | 1.9 miles | 50 | |
| Rosemead | 2.1 miles | 49 |
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 Gabriel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q953437 | 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 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.















