Chemurgic, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Turlock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95380. The Survey maps it on the Hatch quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 67 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
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Mitchell School quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Mitchell School quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hatch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Chemurgic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 981 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LANDER |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 165 / AUGUST AV |
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CENTRAL |
| 1 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AMERICAN AV / COLUMBUS AV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chemurgic in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Flood | Chemurgic | - | CHP reported roadway flooding at the intersection of Fulkerth Rd and Faith Home Rd. |
| January 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Chemurgic | - | A funnel cloud was sighted and photographed over Ceres, around Central Ave. and Bradbury Rd. There were no reports of touchdown or damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Turlock | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Keyes | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Esmar (historical) | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Denair | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hills Ferry | 8.6 miles | 17 | |
| Harp | 8.8 miles | 20 | |
| Ceres | 9.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540906 | 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 1658261. 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.









