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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresWildomar 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32,176 | |
| 2020 | 36,875 | +4,699 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
894 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 421 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 201 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | COMO ST WILD |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | MISSION TRL WILD |
| 9 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | WILDOMAR |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | E LAKESHORE DR LELS |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE-1745 |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE # 1392 |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GRAND AV LVIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Encaustic Tiling Co. | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag and Monarch Mines | Tin, Cobalt, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Electric Copper and Gold | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Electric Copper and Gold Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Encaustic Tiling Co | Feldspar, Silica | Producer | ||
| Wildomar Kaolin Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Nettleton Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Argonaut Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Ragged Top Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Riverside Co. Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wildomar | $50,000 | Severe downburst winds toppled multiple large trees and downed seveal strings of power poles in Wildomar. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Wildomar | $10,000 | La Cresta community, hail reported up to 0.75 inch diameter via MPing. |
| October 2010 | Lightning | Wildomar | $8,000 | A two-story home was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, creating a 6-inch hole in the roof. No fire or injuries. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Wildomar | - | Flash Flooding was reported by CHP on interstate 15 near Baxter Road. |
| March 1999 | Wildfire | Wildomar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedco Hills | 3.0 miles | 38 | |
| La Cresta | 3.1 miles | 35 | |
| Santa Rosa West | 4.0 miles | 35 | |
| Lakeland Village | 4.4 miles | 38 | |
| Murrieta | 4.7 miles | 35 | |
| Sylvan Meadows | 4.7 miles | 35 | |
| Lake Elsinore | 5.4 miles | 38 | |
| Canyon Lake | 6.0 miles | 38 |
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 Wildomar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q648835 | 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 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.













