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San Ramon, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Central Contra Costa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94583. It stands on San Catanio Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diablo quadrangle. 84,605 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.

San Ramon within Contra Costa County

Then and now

1896 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 93 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 Ramon, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of San Ramon, surveyed 1896

On record in San Ramon

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

Population over time

2 figures

San Ramon grew from 72,148 to 84,605 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
201072,148
202084,605+12,457 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of San Ramon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined77
Equipment and vehicle use46
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitCHABOT #2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitALCO #10
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitDEER MEADOW
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
3 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresSanta Clara UnitEDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Contra Costa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of San Ramon: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Mclaughlin Lithograph-Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Mclaughlinlithograph-StonequarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mount ZionCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Contra Costa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Ramon in 2 storm reports in 2020: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020HailSan Ramon-Spotter reporting pea-sized hail near San Ramon.
January 2020FloodSan Ramon-Roadway flooding at I-680 S and Crow Canyon Rd off ramp. Vehicles hydroplaning.

Every storm recorded in Contra Costa 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
Danville3.1 miles27
Diablo3.9 miles27
Alamo Oaks4.2 miles27
Blackhawk4.7 miles27
Camino Tassajara5.0 miles27
Rock City5.3 miles27
Alamo5.6 miles39
Tassajara6.2 miles24

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 RamonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q605472The 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 1656275. 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.