Ducor, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Terra Bella census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93218. The Survey maps it on the Ducor quadrangle. 616 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1929 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresDucor grew from 612 to 616 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 | 612 | |
| 2020 | 616 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1929 USGS Ducor quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Terra Bella quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Ducor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Delano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Ducor between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,126 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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 | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | SCHULTZ |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #120 |
| 6 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CALIF. #61 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #133 |
| 30 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CALIF. #47 |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | UHL |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | CIRCLE |
| 27 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Tulare Unit | RAILROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ducor: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante-Up | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ducor in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flood | Ducor | - | California Highway Patrol reported that Road 236 was closed between Ave. 60 and Ave. 80 due to flooding. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Ducor | - | California Highway Patrol reported Rd. 236 was closed due to flooding between Ave. 80 and Ave. 60 north of Ducor. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Ducor | - | Tulare County Emergency Manager reported Road 236 was closed for flooding between Ducor and Terra Bella. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Ducor | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orris | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Vestal | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Terra Bella | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ultra | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Deer Creek Colony | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Elmco | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Fountain Springs | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Richgrove | 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 Ducor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301203 | 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 241659. 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.









