Santa Clarita, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91355. It stands on Newhall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle. 228,673 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
On record in Santa Clarita
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
- Pioneer Oil Refinerylisted 2020
Population over time
5 figuresSanta Clarita grew from 66,730 to 228,673 between 1980 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 66,730 | |
| 1990 | 110,642 | +43,912 (+66%) |
| 2000 | 151,088 | +40,446 (+37%) |
| 2010 | 176,320 | +25,232 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 228,673 | +52,353 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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.
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
408 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clarita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,858 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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 | 212 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 87 |
| Smoking | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SIERRA |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | INTERSECTION |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clarita: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overman | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Curtis-Hooker Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Canyon Lease | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Emmed Placer, Et Al. | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Gold Discovery Site, 1842 | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Nils Desperandum | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Placerita Canyon Placers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Robinette | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Smith Bros. Placer | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newhall | 0.8 miles | 38 | |
| Saugus | 1.4 miles | 38 | |
| Pardee | 1.6 miles | 38 | |
| Elayon | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| Bouquet Junction | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| Waltz | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Honby | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Rancho Santa Clarita | 3.4 miles | 38 |
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 Santa Clarita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q491132 | 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 1662338. 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.













