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Denair, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Turlock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95316. The Survey maps it on the Denair quadrangle. 4,865 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Denair within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Denair, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Denair, surveyed 1916

Population over time

2 figures

Denair grew from 4,404 to 4,865 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
20104,404
20204,865+461 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Denair between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,116 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined91
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGOLDEN STATE BL / GRIFFIT
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGOLDEN STATE BL / GRIFFIT
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE SIDE #120

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Denair: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Nickel. 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
Jenny Lind ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stanislaus County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denair in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
November 2015Tornado (EF1)Denair$1,000,000A severe thunderstorm produced a tornado with multiple touch downs that moved through the north section of Denair, CA touching down around 1:54 pm PST and ending around 2:15 pm PST on Sunday, November 15, 2015. There were no injuries. About 21 homes were impacted, 2 of them with major damage, but most with minor roof damage. Many fences were knocked down. Numerous trees and tree branches were brought down, including several large trees and numerous sections of trees in walnut groves. Power lines were knocked down causing local power outages. The multiple touch down path was about 3 miles long. The damage path was about 175-200 yards at the widest point.
May 2005HailDenair$10no account filed
March 2025Funnel CloudDenair-A public report of a funned cloud in southern Stanislaus County was relayed by NWS Hanford, with the location and time approximated.
March 2017Funnel CloudDenair-Trained spotter reported 2 brief funnel clouds north of Turlock. No touchdown reported.

Every storm recorded in Stanislaus 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
Turlock3.4 miles17
Montpelier5.0 miles15
Hughson6.1 miles19
Keyes6.6 miles20
Hickman7.1 miles19
Esmar (historical)7.6 miles20
Chemurgic7.8 miles16
Waterford8.2 miles16

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 DenairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2751490The 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 1655964. 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.