West Sacramento, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Yolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95691. The Survey maps it on the Sacramento West quadrangle. 53,915 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in West Sacramento
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
Washington Firehouselisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresWest Sacramento grew from 48,744 to 53,915 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 | 48,744 | |
| 2020 | 53,915 | +5,171 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1907 USGS Davisville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Lovdal quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Davis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Sacramento West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
152 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of West Sacramento between 1999 and 2019, burning about 557 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 122 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | 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
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of West Sacramento: 11 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Gold Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Sacramento Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sacramento Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| American River Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barnett Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hard Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Lentz Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lentz Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Perkins | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reeves Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Sacramento in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 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 2005 | Tornado (F0) | West Sacramento | $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Flood | West Sacramento | - | California Highway Patrol reported heavy flooding on the Highway 50 onramp at Jefferson Boulevard from heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peethill | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Westwind Estates | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mikon | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Broderick | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Bryte | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Lovdal | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Leeman (historical) | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Kobe (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 |
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 West Sacramento | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983600 | 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 1660149. 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.











