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Clovis, California

22 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 93612. The Survey maps it on the Clovis quadrangle. 120,124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Clovis 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 Clovis, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Clovis, surveyed 1923

Population over time

2 figures

Clovis grew from 95,631 to 120,124 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
201095,631
2020120,124+24,493 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

612 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 612 fires within 5 miles of Clovis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,199 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined340
Equipment and vehicle use124
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning35
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Smoking30
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNEES
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
7 September 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE NATIONAL AVE FRESNO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clovis: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite. 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
Hans Sumpe Pit and MillClayProducer
Raymond Quarry Plant No. 2GraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

26 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clovis in 26 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 13 flood, 5 heavy rain, 4 hail, 3 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
April 2001Tornado (F0)Clovis$150,000Post storm analysis and evaluation yielded a 0.3 mile swath for a small F0 tornado through an older, residential neighborhood of Clovis, CA, 2 miles northeast of the Fresno Air Terminal. No injuries were reported with damage essentially limited to uprooted trees, roof, small structure, and fence damage. Confirmation was determined by damage evidence and eyewitness reports. Interesting Note: One of the uprooted trees was a replacement from its predecessor damaged from the 1980 Fresno Air Terminal tornado!
November 2012FloodClovis$35,000Law enforcement reported a rock and mud slide on Highway 168 about 15 miles northeast of Clovis, which closed the road for several hours while authorities cleaned up the debris.
June 2011FloodClovis$10,000Several reports of city street flooding were reported in North Fresno and Clovis by a trained spotter.
January 2011FloodClovis$10,000CHP reported water and mud flooding the slow lane of westbound State Route 168 just west of Bullard Road.
March 2011FloodClovis$3,000The California highway patrol reported flooding on Freeway 168 at Herndon Avenue. Spotter previously reported a thunderstorm producing small hail at Herndon avenue and Willow.
January 2023FloodClovis-A trained spotter reported Dry Creek overflowing it's banks in Clovis.
January 2023FloodClovis-Public report of flooding along the Dry Creek Trail in Clovis with nearby yards and basements flooded.
December 2022FloodClovis-Report on MPING of Dry Creek overflowing in Clovis flooding nearby basements.
January 2021FloodClovis-Broadcast media report of flooding in a parking lot in north Fresno.
December 2019Heavy RainClovis-Trained Spotter reported 1.06 inches of rainfall since midnight with most of the rain occurring during the previous two hours.
March 2018FloodClovis-Public reports of road flooding with about 10 cars stuck in high water on Clovis Ave near the State Route 168 underpass in Clovis.
January 2017FloodClovis-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at intersection of Minnewawa Avenue and Norwich Road in Clovis.
January 2017FloodClovis-Public reported via Facebook of street flooding approximately 2 to 3 feet deep in Clovis.
February 2017FloodClovis-Public reported roadway flooding near Shepard Avenue and Maple Avenue in the city of Fresno in Fresno County.
November 2017Heavy RainClovis-A trained spotter 3NW Clovis measured 0.53 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes.
December 2016FloodClovis-California Highway Patrol reported tree fell due to wet soil and is blocking roadway on Norwich Avenue near Minnewawa Avenue in Clovis.
March 2011Funnel CloudClovis-A funnel cloud was observed by a trained weather spotter from the northwest part of Clovis.
April 2010Heavy RainClovis-Street flooding occurred from heavy rain at the corner of Gettysburg and Willow in Clovis. Other reports of minor urban street flooding were reported around the Fresno Metro area.
December 2007Heavy RainClovis-A trained weather spotter reported a storm total since the 18th of 2 inches.
December 2007Heavy RainClovis-A trained weather spotter reported storm total rainfall of 0.75 inches in only 90 minutes.
May 2002HailClovis-no account filed
May 2002HailClovis-no account filed
May 2002HailClovis-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudClovis-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudClovis-no account filed
February 2001HailClovis-no account filed

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
Glorietta0.9 miles22
Melvin1.2 miles22
Tarpey Village2.2 miles22
Tarpey2.6 miles22
Vanris (historical)3.4 miles22
Cameo4.2 miles22
Bronge (historical)4.3 miles22
Fort Camp (historical)4.5 miles22

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 ClovisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q303794The 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 1656303. 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.