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.
Then and now
1904 to 2004The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresAuberry 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,369 | |
| 2020 | 3,238 | +869 (+37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Kaiser quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Shaver Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Auberry quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Auberry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
340 since 1992Regional 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 use | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | GOOSEBERRY |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | CARBON |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | WARD |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 1 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 5 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 2 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 4 |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BEAL 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported Deposits | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Oversight | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sherman | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| W H Childers | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| W H Childers | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Clyde | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Herron Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Quien Sabe Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Riffle Mine | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2022Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Debris Flow | Auberry | - | California Highway Patrol reported the roadway completely clocked by debris at the intersection of Jose Basin Rd. and Auberry Mission Rd. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Auberry | - | SR 168 was closed due to a large rockslide with traffic diverted off onto Tollhouse Grade. |
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Auberry | - | California Highway Patrol reported a rock slide on Tollhouse Rd. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Auberry | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Jose Basin Rd. near Auberry Mission Rd. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Auberry | - | California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide with several large builders on SR 168 east of Prather. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Auberry | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Meadow Lakes | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Prather | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Lerona | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| Alder Springs | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Tollhouse | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Marshall Junction | 6.4 miles | 29 | |
| Mathews Mill | 6.6 miles | 27 |
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 Auberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2662360 | 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 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.








