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Calwa, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93725. The Survey maps it on the Fresno South quadrangle. 1,776 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.

Calwa within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calwa, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Calwa, surveyed 1923

Population over time

2 figures

Calwa fell from 2,052 to 1,776 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
20102,052
20201,776-276 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

1,296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,296 fires within 5 miles of Calwa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,872 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 130 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined866
Arson/incendiarism130
Equipment and vehicle use127
Debris and open burning89
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Smoking29
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAMERICAN
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMARTIN L KING JR BL FRES
8 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitWILLOW
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitORANGE
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 11182

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Calwa: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Fred Santoni Lonestar MillGold, SilverUnknown
Builders Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pacific Cement and AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calwa in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
January 2023FloodCalwa-Public report that the northbound lanes of SR 99 were flooded just north of the north Ave. onramp.
January 2023FloodCalwa-Public report of flooding on northbound SR 99 just south of the Jensen Ave. offramp.
January 2023FloodCalwa-Public reports of flooding on northbound SR 99 just south of the Jensen Ave. exchange.
February 2023FloodCalwa-California Highway Patrol reported a vehicle hit a flooded area on northbound SR 99 south of the North Ave. exchange and spun out.
March 2023FloodCalwa-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on E. Central Ave. at S. East Ave.
May 2016Heavy RainCalwa-California Highway Patrol reported road flooding of lane #3 of SR 99 on the Jensen off-ramp at 2250 PST.
February 2000Tornado (F0)Calwa-The small, short-lived tornado moved over open ground close to a warehouse and ending up close to the Fresno County dump south of Fresno and the small community of Calwa. No damage.

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
Cecile2.3 miles20
Malaga2.3 miles20
Goldleaf2.3 miles20
Fresno2.7 miles21
Eshel (historical)2.7 miles20
Cincotta3.5 miles20
Mattei3.6 miles20
Granz (historical)3.6 miles20

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 CalwaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2256865The 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 1655859. 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.