Dairyland, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Chowchilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93610. The Survey maps it on the Chowchilla quadrangle. It stands 184 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1918 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Chowchilla quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Athlone quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Chowchilla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Chowchilla quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Chowchilla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
292 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Dairyland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,471 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 172 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TRIPLE B |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 152 |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ROBERTSON |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 152 W/ ROBERTSON B 3 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 16 |
| 4 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | BERENDA #6 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 14 / AVE 22 |
| 3 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ZUNIGA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dairyland in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Flood | Dairyland | $2,750,000 | The Berenda Slough had its banks fail between 1130 and 1230 PST on the 4th resulting in widespread water over farmland in Madera County southwest of Chowchilla. Flooding of this type and in this location had not occurred in at least the last 76 years as any high water flows had safely moved past the area within the banks of the area sloughs, creeks, and rivers. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dairyland | $10,000 | A pine tree was downed. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Dairyland | $5,000 | The CHP reported flooding on Avenue 24 at Road 10. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Dairyland | - | An NWS employee measured inch sized diameter hail east of Firebaugh on Hemlock Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillman (historical) | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln (historical) | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Plains (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ovejo (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Tyler (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ash (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Califa (historical) | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bonita | 7.3 miles | 20 |
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 Dairyland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5209588 | 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 233752. 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.
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.









