East Porterville, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Porterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93257. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Success Dam quadrangle. 5,549 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1904 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 74 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 figuresEast Porterville fell from 6,767 to 5,549 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 | 6,767 | |
| 2020 | 5,549 | -1,218 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 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 Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1937 USGS Kaweah quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Success quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Success Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Springville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
784 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 784 fires within 5 miles of East Porterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,819 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 376 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 376 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 221 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 93 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 50 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HAVERT |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | RIVERBOTTOM #22 |
| 8 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | CARTAN |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | PETTIS |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HARBISON |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULE #26 |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | LIME |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 335 acres | Tulare Unit | ROADRUNNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of East Porterville: 21 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Silver | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Holston Chromite Deposit | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Holston Mine | Chromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1895, 1918 | |
| Middletons Sequoia Rock Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Porterville White Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Prospect Near Holston Chrome | Chromium, Platinum, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Iridium, Palladium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Valencia Heights | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Deer Creek Chrysoprase | Gemstone | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Deer Creek Mine | Magnesite, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Deer Creek Nickeliferous Magnesite | Nickel, Magnesite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista (historical) | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lumer | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Plano | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Worth | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Roche | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Porterville | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sunland | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Ponca | 2.4 miles | 23 |
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 East Porterville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2676537 | 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 1867018. 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.













