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Wildomar, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92595. It lies near Slaughterhouse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wildomar quadrangle. 36,875 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.

Wildomar within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wildomar, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Wildomar, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Wildomar grew from 32,176 to 36,875 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.

YearPeople Change
201032,176
202036,875+4,699 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

894 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 894 fires within 5 miles of Wildomar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,929 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined421
Equipment and vehicle use201
Misuse of fire by a minor80
Arson/incendiarism58
Smoking39
Recreation and ceremony39
Debris and open burning38
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural6
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitCOMO ST WILD
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitMISSION TRL WILD
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestWILDOMAR
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitE LAKESHORE DR LELS
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE-1745
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE # 1392
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRAND AV LVIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wildomar: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Feldspar, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Encaustic Tiling Co.Feldspar, SilicaPast Producer
American Flag and Monarch MinesTin, Cobalt, NickelUnknown
Electric Copper and GoldCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Electric Copper and Gold MineCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Encaustic Tiling CoFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Wildomar Kaolin DepositClayOccurrence
Nettleton DepositSilicaOccurrence
Argonaut GroupGoldProspect
Ragged Top GroupGoldProspect
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wildomar in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWildomar$50,000Severe downburst winds toppled multiple large trees and downed seveal strings of power poles in Wildomar.
September 2024HailWildomar$10,000La Cresta community, hail reported up to 0.75 inch diameter via MPing.
October 2010LightningWildomar$8,000A two-story home was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, creating a 6-inch hole in the roof. No fire or injuries.
August 2004Flash FloodWildomar-Flash Flooding was reported by CHP on interstate 15 near Baxter Road.
March 1999WildfireWildomar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Riverside County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sedco Hills3.0 miles38
La Cresta3.1 miles35
Santa Rosa West4.0 miles35
Lakeland Village4.4 miles38
Murrieta4.7 miles35
Sylvan Meadows4.7 miles35
Lake Elsinore5.4 miles38
Canyon Lake6.0 miles38

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 WildomarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q648835The 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 1661691. 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.