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Auberry, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93602. It lies near Backbone Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Auberry quadrangle. 3,238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,018 feet above sea level.

Auberry within Fresno County

Then and now

1904 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Auberry, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Auberry, surveyed 1904

Population over time

2 figures

Auberry grew from 2,369 to 3,238 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,369
20203,238+869 (+37%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

340 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Auberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,114 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 64 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
Equipment and vehicle use102
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning42
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGOOSEBERRY
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitCARBON
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitWARD
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitBEAL 1
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitBEAL 5
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitBEAL 2
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitBEAL 4
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitBEAL 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Auberry: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Silver, Chromium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Reported DepositsChromiumOccurrence
OversightGold, SilverPast Producer
ShermanGold, SilverPast Producer
W H ChildersFeldsparProducer
W H ChildersFeldsparPast Producer
ClydeGoldPast Producer
Herron MineGoldUnknown
Hidden Treasure MineGoldUnknown
Quien Sabe MineGoldUnknown
Riffle MineGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

5 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auberry in 5 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 3 debris flow, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025Debris FlowAuberry-California Highway Patrol reported the roadway completely clocked by debris at the intersection of Jose Basin Rd. and Auberry Mission Rd.
January 2023FloodAuberry-SR 168 was closed due to a large rockslide with traffic diverted off onto Tollhouse Grade.
January 2023Debris FlowAuberry-California Highway Patrol reported a rock slide on Tollhouse Rd.
March 2023FloodAuberry-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Jose Basin Rd. near Auberry Mission Rd.
December 2022Debris FlowAuberry-California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide with several large builders on SR 168 east of Prather.

Every storm recorded in Fresno County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
New Auberry1.1 miles26
Meadow Lakes2.9 miles26
Prather3.4 miles29
Lerona4.4 miles27
Alder Springs4.5 miles26
Tollhouse6.3 miles26
Marshall Junction6.4 miles29
Mathews Mill6.6 miles27

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 AuberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2662360The 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 1657963. 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.