Easton, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fresno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93706. The Survey maps it on the Fresno South quadrangle. 1,972 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 59 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 figuresEaston fell from 2,083 to 1,972 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 | 2,083 | |
| 2020 | 1,972 | -111 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1923 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Fresno South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
799 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 799 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,846 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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 | 476 |
| Debris and open burning | 113 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 99 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ADAMS |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AMERICAN |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | MARTIN L KING JR BL FRES |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | S ELM AVE CARUTHERS |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | ORANGE |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | S ELM AVE EASTON |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FIELD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Easton: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Santoni Lonestar Mill | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Builders Concrete Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Cement and Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $100,000 | Straightline high winds from a thunderstorm damaged several structure roofs at Easton Lumber, Easton, eight miles south of Fresno. Crop damage by three-quarters hail in Raisin City, 12 miles southwest of Fresno, and wind damage to trees in Caruthers, 16 miles south of Fresno, were likely the result of the thunderstorms and/or line of thunderstorms moving through the area. Additional crop damage was reported by hail and high wind in the Reedley area, 22 miles southeast of Fresno at 1515 PDT from this same line of thunderstorms. Note the continued damage to agriculture in Fresno County due to the inclement weather this spring. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $1,000 | California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree on E. Adams Ave. at S. Maple Ave. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Easton | - | While not meeting severe thunderstorm criteria in hail size, the intolerance of local agriculture to any hail during the growing season led to damage among nut crops, stone fruit, and vineyards. The hail was reported just less than 3/4-inch. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Easton | - | 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.
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 Easton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3389296 | 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 277503. 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.












