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Corning, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Corning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96021. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle. 8,244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.

Corning within Tehama County

Then and now

1904 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Corning, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Corning, surveyed 1904

On record in Corning

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

Population over time

2 figures

Corning grew from 7,663 to 8,244 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
20107,663
20208,244+581 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

781 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 781 fires within 5 miles of Corning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,282 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined296
Equipment and vehicle use263
Debris and open burning130
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Other causes1

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 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitCAL TRANS 2
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitWINN, D
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTehama-Glenn UnitLANDINGHAM, K
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitKOPTA
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitSPOT .
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitPETTIT, M.
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitRANDALL
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitWEST,W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Corning: 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Doyle Pit #17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fox's Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Piedmont Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Creek ExtractionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas I-5 Gravel OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Williams PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tehama County

Storms near this place

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corning in 14 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 6 hail, 6 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2007Thunderstorm WindCorning$6,000Moderately strong downdraft winds from a diminishing thunderstorm caused damage to a rural neighborhood of mobile homes. Damage to occupied homes included torn roofing and skirting material and loss of some small backyard items.|
March 2005HailCorning$6,000no account filed
January 2016FloodCorning$5,000Street flooding occurred on 10th street in Corning, with large amounts of 1/4 inch hail.
March 2005HailCorning$2,000no account filed
April 2026FloodCorning-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on South Avenue at Million Road.
April 2026FloodCorning-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding across both lanes on South Avenue at Hall Road.
March 2025HailCorning-A trained spotter reported hail about the size of pennies covering roadways.
December 2025Flash FloodCorning-California Highway Patrol reported a water rescue from a vehicle at South Avenue and Hall Road in flooding from heavy rain.
February 2024FloodCorning-California Highway Patrol reports roadway flooding along the Hall Road and Loleta Ave, approx. 5 inches of water across the roadway.
December 2024FloodCorning-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on southbound Highway 99W at Vina Ave.
February 2019FloodCorning-Caltrans reported I5 closed due to road flooding.
March 2018HailCorning-Dime sized hail was reported in Corning, CA.
January 2016HailCorning-Hail fell to 2 to 3 inches deep in Corning, clogging storm drains and causing local flooding. The largest hailstones were quarter size.
June 2009HailCorning-Hail to the size of quarters, strong gusty winds, and heavy rain was reported west of Interstate 5 near Corning.

Every storm recorded in Tehama 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
Richfield3.3 miles17
Loybas Hill4.8 miles18
Copeland6.4 miles18
Ensign (historical)6.6 miles18
Vina6.7 miles18
Tehama7.5 miles26
Los Molinos7.7 miles26
El Camino7.8 miles26

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 CorningAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2997606The 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 277491. 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.