Sand City, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93955. The Survey maps it on the Seaside quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1913 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresSand City fell from 334 to 325 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 | 334 | |
| 2020 | 325 | -9 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1983 USGS Seaside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Sand City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 349 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MORSE |
| 9 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CARPENTER |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MATHESON |
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | JOSSELYN CANYON RD CYPRE |
| 29 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | AGUAJITO RD CYPRESS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Sand City: 9 producers, 7 past producers, 5 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Work Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co | Stone | Producer | ||
| Jefferson Street Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ruthyen Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sierra | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| David Avenue | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Fort Ord Village (historical) | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Del Monte Heights | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Del Monte | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| Del Rey Oaks | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Cannery Row | 2.6 miles | 31 | |
| Monterey | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| New Monterey | 2.9 miles | 31 |
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 Sand City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2262091 | 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 1652820. 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.












