Woodcrest, California
45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92504. It lies near Three Sisters. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle. 15,378 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 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 figuresWoodcrest grew from 14,347 to 15,378 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 | 14,347 | |
| 2020 | 15,378 | +1,031 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 45 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 Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 6 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 Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1967 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
822 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 822 fires within 5 miles of Woodcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,442 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 56 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 | 374 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 177 |
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Smoking | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | VALLEY |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | MATHEWS |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15179 |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | OLEANDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Woodcrest: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| New City Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington Tunnel | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Blue Gray Granite Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Crestmore Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Crestmore Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Dr. Musick Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hoag Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pit | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodcrest in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Lightning | Woodcrest | $6,000 | A single family residence received a direct lightning strike to the roof, creating a 3-inch diameter hole. No injuries or fire, but the American Red Cross was called to assist the 5 adults and one infant residents. |
| October 2016 | Lightning | Woodcrest | $2,000 | CHP reported a fire due to power lines downed from a lightning strike. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Valley | 2.2 miles | 40 | |
| Prenda | 3.2 miles | 43 | |
| Arnold Heights | 4.2 miles | 43 | |
| Casa Blanca | 4.3 miles | 43 | |
| West March | 4.5 miles | 43 | |
| Alessandro | 4.6 miles | 43 | |
| Mead Valley | 4.7 miles | 40 | |
| Pachappa | 4.7 miles | 43 |
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 Woodcrest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2301317 | 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 1652815. 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.















