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Mead Valley, California
CDP
About Mead Valley
Mead Valley, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern California.
Mead Valley holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 19.09 square miles.
📰 Mead Valley News Today
- Air quality in Mead Valley IQAir · Aug 14
- Mead Valley: The Rocky Fire. On Tuesday, April 29, 2026 just before noon, fire crews responded to a vegetation fire in the Mead Valley area that burned approximately five acres before being brought under control. The incident was reported after multiple calle facebook.com · Apr 29
- Map: Where the Rider fire is burning in Mead Valley pressenterprise.com · Jul 21
- Brush fire burns 140 acres near Perris before Riverside County firefighters stop forward progress cbsnews.com · Jul 22
- Riverside County Supervisors Approve Mead Valley Megawarehouse Project The Riverside Record · Nov 12
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Mead Valley Unique
- The only place in America named Mead Valley — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Perris (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Mead Valley
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Mi Rancho Tacos & Pizza — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mead Valley
- Mead Valley Community Center reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateCalifornia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area19.09 sq mi
Coordinates33.8333, -117.2852