Woodside, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Mateo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94062. It stands on West Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodside quadrangle. 5,309 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
On record in Woodside
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 5 records
Bourn-Roth Estatelisted 1975
Folger Estate Stable Historic Districtlisted 2004
Mortimer Green Gables-Fleischhacker Country Houselisted 1986
Woodside Storelisted 1985- Independence Halllisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresWoodside grew from 5,287 to 5,309 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 | 5,287 | |
| 2020 | 5,309 | +22 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 37 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.
- 1902 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1940 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Halfmoon Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Half Moon Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Palo Alto quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Woodside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
247 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Woodside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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 | 136 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | NB HWY 280 / EDGEWOOD OF |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | TUNITAS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | KINGS MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | ALPINE |
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | EDGEWOOD |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | PIPE |
| 5 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | CONTROL BURN |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Woodside: 13 producers, 12 past producers, 4 unknowns. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Producer | ||
| J. M. Macdonough | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| J.M. Macdonough Ranch | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Granite Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Granite Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kaiser Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kaiser Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Redwood Material Co. | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Challenge | Mercury | Past Producer | 1955 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodside in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Woodside | - | Several inches of water were reported on southbound Interstate 280 at Woodside Road. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Woodside | - | SB 280 at Woodside 3-4 lane, major flooding low spot in roadway. DOT unable to drain, placed cones and signs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Corner | 0.7 miles | 37 | |
| Woodside Glens | 0.7 miles | 37 | |
| Farm Hills | 1.8 miles | 37 | |
| Searsville (historical) | 2.0 miles | 51 | |
| Sharon Heights | 2.5 miles | 51 | |
| Emerald Lake Hills | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Emerald Lake | 2.6 miles | 37 | |
| University Heights | 2.6 miles | 51 |
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 Woodside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q984177 | 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 1660202. 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.


















