Vandenberg Village, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. The Survey maps it on the Lompoc quadrangle. 7,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresVandenberg Village grew from 6,497 to 7,308 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 | 6,497 | |
| 2020 | 7,308 | +811 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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.
- 1905 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
67 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Vandenberg Village between 2003 and 2020, burning about 14,220 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 55 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 888 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vandenberg Village: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Tolbert Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dibble Pit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grefco Diatomite Mill | Diatomite | Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission La Purisima (historical) | 1.2 miles | 32 | |
| Mission Hills | 2.2 miles | 32 | |
| Mesa Oaks | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Ellwood Estates | 3.4 miles | 32 | |
| Acorn (historical) | 4.1 miles | 32 | |
| Lompoc Village | 4.7 miles | 32 | |
| Lompoc | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| La Salle | 5.2 miles | 29 |
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 Vandenberg Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2793707 | 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 1867066. 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.














