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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Then and now
1894 to 1993The 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.


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
- IOOF Lodge #355listed 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1894 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1909 USGS Clements quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Bellota quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Clements quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Clements quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
218 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HWY 12 /N JOHNSON RD |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LIBERTY #3 |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BORDEN |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CURRAN |
| 26 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | DRY |
| 26 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COELHO |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | E LIBERTY RD / HY 88 |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | BARMBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doodle Bug | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Murdoch Ranch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Clements | Gold | Producer | ||
| Gold Hill Dredges | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Mokelumne Pit | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Brandt Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Claude C. Wood Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Clements Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Clements | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding in both lanes of State Route 88 and E Liberty Road. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Clements | - | California Highway Patrol reported northbound and southbound lanes flooded along Clements Road near Brandt Road. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Clements | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in Stockton and near the intersection of E. Baker Rd. and Jack Tone Rd. near Waterloo, CA. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Clements | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogtown | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Lockeford | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Elliott (historical) | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Victor | 7.2 miles | 24 | |
| Peltier | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Youngstown | 8.3 miles | 24 | |
| Collierville | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Acampo | 10.1 miles | 23 |
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 Clements | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5131507 | 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 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.










