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.
Then and now
1904 to 1987The 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.


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
Maywood Woman's Clublisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresCorning 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,663 | |
| 2020 | 8,244 | +581 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Vina quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Willows quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
781 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 296 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 263 |
| Debris and open burning | 130 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | CAL TRANS 2 |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | WINN, D |
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LANDINGHAM, K |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | KOPTA |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SPOT . |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | PETTIT, M. |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | RANDALL |
| 7 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | WEST,W |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Pit #17 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox's Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Piedmont Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richfield Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Creek Extraction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas I-5 Gravel Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Property | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corning | $6,000 | Moderately 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 2005 | Hail | Corning | $6,000 | no account filed |
| January 2016 | Flood | Corning | $5,000 | Street flooding occurred on 10th street in Corning, with large amounts of 1/4 inch hail. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Corning | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flood | Corning | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on South Avenue at Million Road. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Corning | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding across both lanes on South Avenue at Hall Road. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Corning | - | A trained spotter reported hail about the size of pennies covering roadways. |
| December 2025 | Flash Flood | Corning | - | California Highway Patrol reported a water rescue from a vehicle at South Avenue and Hall Road in flooding from heavy rain. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Corning | - | California Highway Patrol reports roadway flooding along the Hall Road and Loleta Ave, approx. 5 inches of water across the roadway. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Corning | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on southbound Highway 99W at Vina Ave. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Corning | - | Caltrans reported I5 closed due to road flooding. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Corning | - | Dime sized hail was reported in Corning, CA. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Corning | - | Hail fell to 2 to 3 inches deep in Corning, clogging storm drains and causing local flooding. The largest hailstones were quarter size. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Corning | - | Hail to the size of quarters, strong gusty winds, and heavy rain was reported west of Interstate 5 near Corning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Loybas Hill | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Copeland | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ensign (historical) | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Vina | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tehama | 7.5 miles | 26 | |
| Los Molinos | 7.7 miles | 26 | |
| El Camino | 7.8 miles | 26 |
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 Corning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2997606 | 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 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.





