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Kings County, California

180 topographic sheets cover 42 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

California within the United States
Kings County within California

What the record shows

  • 803 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings.
  • 2 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 42 populated places in this county; 42 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Hanford Carnegie Librarybuilding198181000152
Kings County Courthousebuilding197878003063
Taoist Templebuilding197272000226

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 3,629 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-02, scale 1:61600
1960-04-02, scale 1:61600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-02, scale 1:61600
1960-04-02, scale 1:61600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-02, scale 1:61600
1960-04-02, scale 1:61600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-02, scale 1:61600
1960-04-02, scale 1:61600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1940-11-28, scale 1:34680
1940-11-28, scale 1:34680. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-04-21, scale 1:20000
1946-04-21, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-07-11, scale 1:63000
1954-07-11, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-07-11, scale 1:63000
1954-07-11, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-07-11, scale 1:63000
1954-07-11, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-07-11, scale 1:63000
1954-07-11, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-01, scale 1:23600
1955-08-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-01, scale 1:23600
1955-08-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-01, scale 1:23600
1955-08-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-01, scale 1:23600
1955-08-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-27, scale 1:34000
1956-06-27, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-27, scale 1:34000
1956-06-27, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-27, scale 1:34000
1956-06-27, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-07-01, scale 1:33200
1958-07-01, scale 1:33200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-07-01, scale 1:33200
1958-07-01, scale 1:33200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-07-01, scale 1:33200
1958-07-01, scale 1:33200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-07-01, scale 1:33200
1958-07-01, scale 1:33200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-08-12, scale 1:24000
1962-08-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-08-12, scale 1:24000
1962-08-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-08-12, scale 1:24000
1962-08-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-08-12, scale 1:24000
1962-08-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-09-18, scale 1:21660
1964-09-18, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-09-18, scale 1:21660
1964-09-18, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-09-18, scale 1:21660
1964-09-18, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-09-18, scale 1:21660
1964-09-18, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-08-12, scale 1:26660
1966-08-12, scale 1:26660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-08-12, scale 1:26660
1966-08-12, scale 1:26660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-08-12, scale 1:26660
1966-08-12, scale 1:26660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-08-12, scale 1:26660
1966-08-12, scale 1:26660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:148000
1968-07-01, scale 1:148000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:148000
1968-07-01, scale 1:148000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:148000
1968-07-01, scale 1:148000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:148000
1968-07-01, scale 1:148000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-12, scale 1:21670
1969-03-12, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-12, scale 1:21670
1969-03-12, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-12, scale 1:21670
1969-03-12, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-12, scale 1:21670
1969-03-12, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-04, scale 1:120758
1971-02-04, scale 1:120758. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-04, scale 1:120758
1971-02-04, scale 1:120758. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:120536
1971-04-01, scale 1:120536. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

15 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

51 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 16-1Avenal Judicial Township: Avenal, unincorporated: Avenal, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Foothills Ave.; Skyline Blvd.; San Joaquin, Hill, Stanislaus; Coalinga - Taft Hwy.
  • 16-2BAvenal, unincoporated - That part Bounded by Stanislaus, Hill, San Joaquin; Skyline Blvd.; Coalinga - Taft Hwy.
  • 16-2AAvenal, unincoporated - That part Bounded by Skyline Blvd.; Hi Drill Rd.; Kettleman Hills Rd.; Coalinga - Taft Hwy.
  • 16-3Avenal Judicial Township - That part outside the unincorporated place of Avenal (See separate map for boundaries of Avenal)
  • 16-4Corcoran Judicial Township: Corcoran city: Corcoran city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Sherman Ave.; King Ave. Whitley Ave., Chase Ave., Brokaw Ave., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
  • 16-5Corcoran city - That part Bounded by City limits; Atchison, Topeka and Santa FeRailroad, Brokaw Ave., Chase Ave.; Sherman Ave.; Hale Ave., Whitley Ave., Wigdal Ave., Patterson Ave., Hale Ave.
  • 16-6Corcoran city - That part Bounded by City limits; Hale Ave., Patterson Ave., Wigdal Ave., Whitley Ave., Hale Ave.; Sherman Ave., Letts Ave., Whitley Ave.; City limits
  • 16-7Corcoran city - That part Bounded by Whitley Ave., Letts Ave., Sherman Ave., Chase Ave., Whitley Ave., King Ave., Sherman Ave.; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 16-8Corcoran Judicial Township - That part north and east of State Hwy. 135, outside Corcoran city
  • 16-9Corcoran Judicial Township - That part west and south of State Hwy. 135, and north of Tule River, outside Corcoran city
  • 16-10Corcoran Judicial Township - That part south of Tule River
  • 16-11Hanford Judicial Township: Hanford city: Hanford city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Florinda; Brown
  • 16-12Hanford city - That part Bounded by City limits; Brown; E. Florinda, W. Florinda; Irwin
  • 16-13Hanford city - That part Bounded by City limits; Irwin; W. Florinda; Middleton
  • 16-14Hanford city - That part Bounded by City limits; Middleton; W. Cameron, Cameron, Rodgers Rd., City limits; City limits
  • 16-15Hanford city - That part Bounded by Cameron, W. Cameron, Middleton, W. Florinda; Irwin; Porter, Kaweah, Lacy Blvd.; City limits, Rodgers Rd.
  • 16-16Hanford city - That part Bounded by Lacy Blvd., Kaweah, Porter; Irwin; Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; City limits
  • 16-17Hanford city - That part Bounded by W. Florinda, E. Florinda; Harris; E. 7th, W. 7th; Irwin
  • 16-18Hanford city - That part Bounded by E. Florinda; Brown; Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; Irwin, W. 7th, E. 7th, Harris
  • 16-19Hanford city - That part Bounded by E. Florinda; City limits; E. 11th; Brown
  • 16-20Hanford city - That part Bounded by E. 11th; City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; Brown
  • 16-21Hanford city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; City limits; City limits; Harris
  • 16-22Hanford city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; Harris; City limits; Irwin
  • 16-23Hanford city - That part Bounded by W. 3rd, Redington, Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; Irwin; City limits; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
  • 16-24Hanford city - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad Reservation; Redington, W. 3rd, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 16-25Armona, unincorporated: Armona, unincorporated - That part east of 14th Ave. (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ABJ-86B-136)
  • 16-26Armona, unincorporated - That part west of 14th Ave. (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ABJ-86B-136)
  • 16-27BHanford Judicial Township - That part north and west of North Fork Kings River and south and east of North Fork of Kings River
  • 16-27AHanford Judicial Township - That part north and west of North Fork Kings River
  • 16-28Hanford Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Kings River, County line; County line; State Hwy. 10; Melga Canal, Peoples Ditch, Hanford - Fowler Hwy. (East County Rd.)
  • 16-29Hanford Judicial Township - That part outside Hanford city Bounded by Peoples Ditch; Melga Canal; State Hwy. 10; Hanford city limits, Hanford - Fowler Hwy. (East County Rd.)
  • 16-30Hanford Judicial Township - That part outside Hanford city Bounded by County line, Kings River; Hanford - Fowler Hwy. (East County Rd.); Hanford city limits; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
  • 16-31BHanford Judicial Township - That part comprising King County General Hospital and Dairy Farm
  • 16-31AHanford Judicial Township - That part outside Hanford city and the unincorporated place of Armona, excluding King County General Hospital and Dairy Farm
  • 16-32Hanford Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Last Chance Ditch, west branch Last Chance Ditchl Southern Pacific Railroad (Hardwick line)
  • 16-33Hanford Judicial Township - That part outside Armona, unincorporated Bounded by County line; Southern Pacific Railroad (Hardwick line); Armona, unincorporated boundaries (See aerial photo ABS-8B-136 for boundaries of Armona), Southern Pacific Railroad, Township line; Township line, Lemoore Canal
  • 16-34Hanford Judicial Township - That part west of Lemoore Canal
  • 16-35Hanford Judicial Township - That part south of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and west and north of the New Deal Ditch, outside Armona, unincorporated (See aerial photo ABJ-8B-136 for boundaries of Armona)
  • 16-36Hanford Judicial Township - That part outside Hanford city Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad, Hanford city limits; State Hwy. 135; Township line; Township line, New Deal Ditch
  • 16-37Hanford Judicial Township - That part outside Hanford city Bounded by State Hwy. 10; Lakeside Canal; Lakeside Canal; State Hwy. 135, Hanford city limits
  • 16-38Hanford Judicial Township - That part south of State Hwy. 10, and east of State Hwy. 135 and Lakeside Canal
  • 16-39Lemoore Judicial Township: Lemoore city: Lemoore city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Magnolia Ave., Lemoore Ave., D; City limits
  • 16-40Lemoore city - That part Bounded by City limits, D; Fox, Bush, City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 16-41Lemoore city - That part Bounded by D, Lemoore Ave., Magnolia Ave.; City limits; City limits, Bush; Fox
  • 16-42Lemoore Judicial Township - That part north of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and east of State Hwy. 125, outside Lemoore city
  • 16-43Lemoore Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 125; Southern Pacific Railroad; Kings River, Clarks Fork of Kings River, Range line between R. 19E. and R. 20E.
  • 16-44Lemoore Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line; Range line between R. 19E. and R. 20E., Clarks Fork of Kings River, Kings River; Southern Pacific Railroad; County line
  • 16-45Lemoore Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; Kings River, State Hwy. 125; State Hwy. 125, Township line; Township line, County line
  • 16-46Lemoore Judicial Township - That part outside Lemoore city Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad, Lemoore city limits, Southern Pacific Railroad; Lemoore Canal, Empire Canal; Empire Canal No. 2, State Hwy. 125; King River
  • 16-47Lemoore Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; Township line; Tulare Lake Canal; Empire Canal No. 2, Empire Canal, Lemoore Canal
  • 16-48Lemoore Judicial Township - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 125; Empire Canal No. 2, Tulare Lake Canal, Township line; County line; Township line, State Hwy. 125

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

416 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 416 of them, burning about 88,716 acres. 3 started naturally and 32 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined248
Equipment and vehicle use69
Arson/incendiarism32
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Debris and open burning15
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use48,000 acresCentral California DistrictGARZA
27 April 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution19,839 acresCentral California DistrictSKYLINE
10 August 2007Recreation and ceremony5,600 acresCentral California DistrictTAR
22 May 1996Arson/incendiarism4,000 acresCentral California DistrictHWY 33 II
25 June 2007Misuse of fire by a minor3,100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use2,000 acresCentral California DistrictFIVE
12 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,120 acresCentral California DistrictYORK
30 June 1993Smoking850 acresFresno-Kings UnitCOTTONWOOD

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1964 to 2024

60 of 157 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 157 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $1,948,940 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Flood34
Heavy Rain31
Thunderstorm Wind27
Hail24
Funnel Cloud16
Lightning10
Tornado8
Flash Flood6
Debris Flow1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1980Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
January 2017FloodRossi$637,190CalTrans reported accelerated pavement failure areas of Highway 41 across Kings County due to flood waters.
November 1996Tornado (F1)Lemoore Nas$250,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHanford Blair Arpt$100,000Media report of a dairy farm south of Hanford having several barns with extensive roof damage from thunderstorm winds.
October 2011Heavy RainHanford$100,000Brief heavy rain caused a power transformer fire and a resulting house explosion. Rain amount measured at the Hanford ASOS were 0.13 inches.
December 2010FloodLemoore$75,000Heavy rain caused widespread urban and poor drainage flooding on the morning of the 29th across much of the San Joaquin Valley. Especially hard hit were the metro areas of Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield, and the adjacent foothills.
January 2006FloodCountywide$71,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindCorcoran$50,000Public report in Corcoran of Thunderstorm winds producing damage to a house and snapping several trees. Beams from a wood fence were snapped from from concrete support and shingles were blown off of a roof.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindRossi$50,000NWS Employee reported several power poles knocked down by high thunderstorm winds on the west side of Lemoore.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindHanford$50,000Gusty wind with a thunderstorm measured at 42 MPH at Lemoore Naval Air Station brought down 32 power poles in north Kings County. the power company indicated 20,000 customers were affected by the downed lines for up to 12 hours.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindLemoore$50,000Afternoon convective activity on the 14th provided wind gusts to 40 MPH at 1610 PST damaging powerlines and dropping service to 1800 electric customers in the Lemoore area.
March 1996Tornado (F0)Hanford$30,000no account filed
January 2010Flood(Nlc)Nas Lemoore$25,000Local highway officials reported flooding of the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 from|Hwy 269 to the Fresno County line.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHanford/Lemoore$25,000Oak tree limbs were broken and other full-foilaged trees were toppled by brief strong wind in the Hanford/Lemoore area, 30 miles south-southeast of Fresno. In Hanford, one of the toppled trees damaged a car. A post-event survey was unable to ascertain whether severe thunderstorm wind criteria were met because soils were moist and trees were full-foilaged. However, the damage location just south of the Fresno County line and timing of the damage places this damage in proximity to severe storm damage in south-central Fresno County at Raisin City/Caruthers/and Easton.
April 2005LightningHanford Muni Arpt$25,000no account filed
February 1998Heavy RainHanford$20,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindShort Acres$12,000The public reported three tree trunks sheared. One tree fell on a canopy. The other two trees were sheared about 5 feet above the ground.
September 2017LightningShort Acres$10,000A report of lightning striking a house near Hanford High School was reported on social media.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHanford$10,000California Highway Patrol reported a fence blew onto State Route 198 near 11th Ave in Hanford.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindArmona$10,000California Highway Patrol reported a tree fell onto a vehicle near the intersection of 13th Ave. and Houston Ave. near Hanford.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHardwick$10,000California Highway Patrol reported large tree limbs on the road on Maple Ave. between Excelsior Blvd. and Lewiston Ave near Hardwick.
September 2005Heavy RainKettleman City$10,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm Wind(Nlc)Nas Lemoore$10,000no account filed
March 1996Tornado (F0)Hanford$10,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHanford Blair Arpt$8,000California Highway Patrol reported 8 telephone poles were downed on Jackson Ave. near 9th Ave. south of Hanford.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHanford$7,000NWS Employee reported 2 large trees downed in Hidden Valley Park in Hanford.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindHanford$6,000An NWS employee noticed storm damage from a blown down tree next to his house where several tree branches were on the street and had destroyed a car.
January 2008FloodHanford Muni Arpt$5,000NWS Employees reported street flooding in the city of Hanford. One lane of 10th Avenue was flooded near the Corporate Yard. Additional flooding reported on the north side of town near the Centennial Plaza.
May 2002LightningAvenal$5,000no account filed
May 2002LightningHanford Muni Arpt$5,000no account filed
May 2002LightningHanford$5,000no account filed
December 1997Thunderstorm WindHanford$3,000Gusty wind with a thunderstorm passage downed a tree in Central Hanford.
April 2011FloodKettleman City$2,000Highway Patrol reported flooding on interstate 5 just north of Quebec Avenue.
October 2009FloodHanford$2,000Several streets were flooded throughout the city of Hanford. No significant injuries or damages were reported.
November 1996HailLemoore Nas$2,000no account filed
January 2023FloodHanford Muni Arpt$1,000Public report of downed power lines across the roadway on Grangeville Blvd. near 8 1/2 Ave. in Hanford.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLemoore$1,000A trained spotter reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew down his fence.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindArmona$1,000California Highway Patrol reported tree debris on State Route 198 near Hanford-Armona Rd.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindShort Acres$1,000Report received on social media of damage to outdoor furniture in Hanford near the intersection of Peralta Way and Monroe Dr.
June 2011FloodHanford$1,000Off duty National Weather Service employee reported street flooding at North 11th Avenue and West Elm Street in Hanford.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindShirley$1,000The California Highway patrol reported two trees down across 6th Avenue at Clinton Avenue north of Hanford.
August 2007LightningAvenal$1,000no account filed
April 2003Heavy RainHanford$1,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHanford$500Off duty NWS employee reported a tree down in center divider of North 11th Avenue just north of West Lacey Blvd.
November 1964Tornadonot stated$250no account filed
February 2024Funnel CloudVanguard-A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud west of Lemoore Naval Air Station which extended 1/3rd of the way before dissipating.
February 2024FloodArmona-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Dylan Way in Armona.
April 2024FloodGuernsey-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on SR 43 north of Kent Ave.
January 2023FloodGuernsey-Public report that 12th Ave. is flooded between Kent Ave. and Houston Ave.
January 2023FloodHanford Muni Arpt-Public report of a washed up tree covering half of Lacey Blvd just west of 8th Ave.
January 2023FloodHub-Public report of roadway flooding at the intersection of Excelsior Ave. and Ave. 22.
January 2023FloodAvenal-California Highway Patrol reported a large rockslide blocking the roadway on SR 41 southwest of the intersection with SR 33.
January 2023FloodGuernsey-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding along SR 43 near Kent Ave.
January 2023FloodGuernsey-Public report of power liens down on 14th Ave between Kent Ave. and Jersey Ave.
February 2023FloodCimarron-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding just east of the SR 198/18th Ave onramp and flooding on eastbound SR 198 under the 17th Ave and Houston Ave exchange.
April 2023FloodShirley-Fresno, Kings and Tulare County Emergency Managers reported flooding along the Kings River downstream from Pine Flat Dam as a result of increased releases prompted by increased runoff from snow melt.
March 2023FloodCimarron-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on eastbound SR 198 east of 18th Ave.
May 2023FloodShirley-Fresno, Kings and Tulare County Emergency Managers reported flooding along the Kings River downstream from Pine Flat Dam as a result of increased releases prompted by increased runoff from snow melt.
December 2023FloodHanford-An NWS employee reported roadway flooding at the intersection of Lacey Blvd. and Santa Fe Ave. in Hanford.
December 2023FloodHanford Blair Arpt-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 43 near the intersection of Iona Ave.

Mines and quarries

50 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 50 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 45 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Mercury19
Gypsum-Anhydrite9
Magnesite6
Sand and Gravel, Construction6
Chromium4
Fullers Earth3
Asbestos2
Stone2
Mercury, Manganese1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ParkfieldMercury, ManganeseProducer
Road Metal QuarryStoneOccurrence
Road Metal QuarryStonePast Producer
Southern Pacific PropertyAsbestosOccurrence
Table MountainAsbestosProspect
CanyonGypsum-Anhydrite, Fullers EarthPast Producer
Tulare Lake View GroupGypsum-Anhydrite, Fullers EarthProspect
Webb and Mingus PropertyFullers EarthProspect
Reported OccurrenceChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Reported OccurrenceChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed Chromite DepositChromiumProspect
Unnamed Chromite OccurrenceChromiumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Great Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kings Magnesite Co.MagnesiteOccurrenceMagnesite
Kings Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer
Reef City Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reported OccurrenceMagnesiteOccurrenceMagnesite
Reported OccurrencesMagnesiteOccurrenceMagnesite
Unnamed Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteOccurrence
White HorseMagnesiteOccurrenceMagnesite
Avenal GapGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1947
Avenal Gap MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Boyd Dudley E. B. JonesGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary
Kettleman Plain QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Mc PhaillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
McphaillGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Tulare Lake View GroupGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceSedimentary
Avenal Canyon ExtensionMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Avenal Canyon ExtensionMercuryProspect
Avenal Canyon and Fair View PropertiesMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
CanyonMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Canyon MineMercuryPast Producer
DawsonMercuryOccurrence1918
Dawson MineMercuryPast Producer
Fairview and French Avalloch GroupMercuryOccurrence
Fairview and French Avalloch GroupMercuryProspect
FredanaMercuryProducer
Kings ExtensionMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Kings ExtensionMercuryProspect
Kings MineMercuryPast Producer1902
Kings MineMercuryPast Producer
Little KingsMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Little KingsMercuryPast Producer
Southern Pacific PropertyMercuryOccurrence
Unidentified WorkingsMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar

Every populated place in the county

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Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Kings County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.