San Juan Bautista, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Juan Bautista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95045. It lies near San Juan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Bautista quadrangle. 2,089 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 217 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
On record in San Juan Bautista
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 7 records
Anza HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970
Jose Castro HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970
Mission San Juan BautistaNational Historic Landmark · listed 1969
Marentis Houselisted 1984
Rozas Houselisted 1982
Benjamin Wilcox Houselisted 1982- San Juan Bautista Third Street Historic Districtlisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresSan Juan Bautista grew from 1,862 to 2,089 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 | 1,862 | |
| 2020 | 2,089 | +227 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1915 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS San Juan Bautista quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of San Juan Bautista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 use | 120 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | BETABEL |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003696 |
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E #24 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | HULSE 2 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | AROMAS |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003678 |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | COBB |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MERRILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of San Juan Bautista: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holthouse Ranch | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Ideal Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| Spreckles Sugar Co. | Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Augustini | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Los Vergales Ranch Quarry | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Los Vergeles Ranch Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Underwood Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bixby Lane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Juan Bautista in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | San Juan Bautista | $2,000,000 | Damage to Salinas Grade Rd from San Juan Bautista to Monterey County. Exact time of damage occurrence unknown, estimates sent b public works. |
| January 2026 | Flood | San Juan Bautista | - | Flooding was reported on San Juan Highway at Prescott Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| River Oaks | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Hudner | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Aromas | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Logan | 6.5 miles | 27 | |
| Duri (historical) | 6.9 miles | 26 | |
| Fep (historical) | 7.1 miles | 29 | |
| Hollister | 7.2 miles | 26 |
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 Juan Bautista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q991036 | 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 1659581. 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.












