Cameras / California / Sonora
License plate readers in Sonora, CA
Volunteers have documented 12 automated license plate readers inside Sonora. That is the 293rd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 3.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 84% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 3 on poles and 2 on walls.
Updated August 14, 2026.
12
readers documented
3.8
per square mile
293rd
of 329 indexed California cities
0.1%
of California’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety12 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 11 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (3), wall (2), street lamp (2), building (2), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 3.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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