Upper Lake, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95485. It stands on Clover Creek. The Survey maps it on the Upper Lake quadrangle. 1,095 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1938 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1938 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresUpper Lake grew from 1,052 to 1,095 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 | 1,052 | |
| 2020 | 1,095 | +43 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1938 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Upper Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Upper Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:48000
- 1991 USGS Upper Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Upper Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Upper Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,575 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 41 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 | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ELK MOUNTAIN RD / WHITE R |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SPRINGE |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | POINT # 2 |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | POINT |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SARATOGA |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | KELLY |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 29 |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SAM # 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Upper Lake: 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Unknown | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Utopia Mine | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Poe | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Poe | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Lowdermilk Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middle Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middle Creek Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upper Lake in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 lightning. 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 2024 | Lightning | Upper Lake | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house shattering windows. No other damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Springs | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Nice | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Witter Springs (historical) | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Rose Place | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cooper | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Vann | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lucerne | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Wild Bill Place | 8.2 miles | 22 |
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 Upper Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460938 | 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 236896. 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.










