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San Lorenzo, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hayward census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94580. The Survey maps it on the Hayward quadrangle. 29,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

San Lorenzo within Alameda County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Lorenzo, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of San Lorenzo, surveyed 1899

On record in San Lorenzo

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

San Lorenzo grew from 23,452 to 29,581 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
201023,452
202029,581+6,129 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 36 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of San Lorenzo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/undetermined200
Smoking30
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of San Lorenzo: 5 producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Halite. 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
American Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Oliver Bros. Salt Co.HaliteProducer
Chabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East Bay Excavation CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
San Leandro Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Alameda 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
Lorenzo Station0.8 miles34
Ashland1.1 miles36
Cherryland1.1 miles36
Robert (historical)1.7 miles34
Russell City2.0 miles34
Castro Valley2.2 miles36
Hayward2.5 miles36
Mulford Gardens3.4 miles34

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 LorenzoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2075078The 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 1659583. 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.