Caruthers, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Caruthers-Raisin City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93609. The Survey maps it on the Caruthers quadrangle. 2,613 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 246 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1925 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS Caruthers quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Caruthers quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Caruthers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Caruthers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Caruthers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,456 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/undetermined | 107 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 41 |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 8FKU038635 |
| 9 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-9402 |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | S ELM AVE CARUTHERS |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | CORN |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | KAMM |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | W DINUBA AV /S VALENTINE |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | NEBRASKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caruthers in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthers | $50,000 | Broadcast Media report of a chicken barn blown down by thunderstorm downburst outflow winds. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthers | $1,000 | California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree on W. Saginaw Ave west of S. Elm Ave. |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Caruthers | $1,000 | A utility pole was struck by lightning and set on fire near Caruthers. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Caruthers | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on West Ave. near Conejo Ave. in Caruthers. |
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Caruthers | - | Spotter report of 24 hour rainfall total of 0.27 inches. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Caruthers | - | Reported 48 hours late by a storm spotter. Another tornado within this event in a rural area of Fresno County (intersection of Parlier and Brawley to Parlier and Valentine). The tornado moved east over open land and fallow row crops. No damage. |
| April 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Caruthers | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Caruthers | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Caruthers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671627 | 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 277485. 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.
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.












