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Clements, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lockeford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95227. The Survey maps it on the Clements quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

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Clements within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clements, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Clements, surveyed 1894

On record in Clements

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Clements between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,407 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use80
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitHWY 12 /N JOHNSON RD
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLIBERTY #3
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBORDEN
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCURRAN
26 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitDRY
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOELHO
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE LIBERTY RD / HY 88
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBARMBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Clements: 9 producers, 8 unknowns, 1 past producer. 9 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
Doodle BugGold, SilverProducer
Murdoch RanchGold, SilverPast Producer
ClementsGoldProducer
Gold Hill DredgesGoldUnknown
Mokelumne PitGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Brandt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Claude C. Wood PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Clements PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Joaquin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clements in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 3 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodClements-California Highway Patrol reported flooding in both lanes of State Route 88 and E Liberty Road.
January 2023FloodClements-California Highway Patrol reported northbound and southbound lanes flooded along Clements Road near Brandt Road.
April 2022FloodClements-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in Stockton and near the intersection of E. Baker Rd. and Jack Tone Rd. near Waterloo, CA.
May 2005Funnel CloudClements-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Joaquin 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
Dogtown1.6 miles24
Lockeford3.8 miles24
Elliott (historical)5.8 miles24
Victor7.2 miles24
Peltier8.3 miles24
Youngstown8.3 miles24
Collierville9.7 miles23
Acampo10.1 miles23

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 ClementsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5131507The 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 221206. 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.