Sunol, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94586. It stands on Sinbad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle. 922 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 266 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sunol
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 2 records
Thomas Foxwell Bachelder Barnlisted 1994
Ellistonlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresSunol grew from 913 to 922 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 | 913 | |
| 2020 | 922 | +9 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1906 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Livermore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Niles quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
312 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Sunol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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 | 182 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | 84 |
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E #5 |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | THE BOAT |
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | BMW |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | LOVELAND |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SHERIDAN |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | PG&E #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Sunol: 15 producers, 13 past producers, 10 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Lime Marl Deposit | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Mission Lime Marl Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pleasanton Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasonton Deposit | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bartlett | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Homestead Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Interlocking Rood Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Isler Mountain | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunol in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flood, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Sunol | - | Northbound 680 at SR 84 number 1-2 lanes flooded. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Sunol | - | Flooding on SB I-680 at Koopman Rd. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Sunol | - | State route 84 completely closed in both directions due to Alameda Creek flooding between Mission in Fremont to Main St in Sunol, 4 to 5 rock slides with flooding. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Sunol | - | Standing water in at least one lane I680N near SR 84E. |
| February 1998 | Flash Flood | Sunol | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Corner | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Brightside | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Verona | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Kilkare Woods | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| Farwell | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Dresser | 3.6 miles | 26 | |
| Merienda (historical) | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Mission San Jose District | 4.6 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 Sunol | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2285949 | 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 1670341. 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.











