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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.

Easton within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Easton, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Easton, surveyed 1923

Population over time

2 figures

Easton 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,083
20201,972-111 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

799 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined476
Debris and open burning113
Equipment and vehicle use99
Arson/incendiarism59
Smoking26
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2018Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionADAMS
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAMERICAN
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMARTIN L KING JR BL FRES
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresFresno-Kings UnitS ELM AVE CARUTHERS
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitORANGE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitS ELM AVE EASTON
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fred Santoni Lonestar MillGold, SilverUnknown
Builders Concrete IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pacific Cement and AggregatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindEaston$100,000Straightline 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 2023Thunderstorm WindEaston$1,000California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree on E. Adams Ave. at S. Maple Ave.
June 1999HailEaston-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 2006HailEaston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Oleander2.2 miles21
Malaga3.8 miles20
Bowles3.8 miles20
Calwa4.5 miles21
Cecile5.2 miles20
West Park5.2 miles21
Fowler6.1 miles20
Mattei6.3 miles20

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 EastonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3389296The 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.