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Exeter, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Exeter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93221. The Survey maps it on the Exeter quadrangle. 10,321 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Exeter within Tulare County

Then and now

1926 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Exeter, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Exeter, surveyed 1926

On record in Exeter

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Exeter grew from 1,852 to 10,321 between 1920 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
19201,852
201010,334
202010,321-13 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Exeter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,335 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 135 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/incendiarism135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined101
Equipment and vehicle use60
Debris and open burning16
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFRIANT
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCOUNTY OF TULARE#74
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFLANIKEN
6 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitGILL
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CA #71
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitVALLEY
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitS.J.V.R. #11
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROCK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Exeter: 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, Clay. 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
Charter Oaks SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gill Ranch Chromite DepositsChromium, IronPast Producer1917
GrantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanggi Ranch DepositAsbestos, MagnesiteProspect
Exeter PitClayProducer
S.P. Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Thomas JacobsCopperOccurrenceUnderground
Thomas JacobsCopperProspect
Cross Ranch DepositMagnesiteProspect
Hamilton Ranch DepositMagnesiteProspect

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Exeter in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 1997Tornado (F0)Exeter$50,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindExeter$5,000A trained weather spotter reported trees downed from thunderstorm winds and blowing dust. Winds estimated up to 50 mph.
December 2024FloodExeter-California Highway Patrol reported water over one lane of SR 198 near the intersection of Rd. 196.
March 2023FloodExeter-Image posted on Facebook showing flooding of the Friant Kern Canal at SR 198.
March 2023FloodExeter-California Highway Patrol reported SR 65 flooded near E. List Ave.
February 2019FloodExeter-California Highway Patrol reported one foot of water covering the left lane of eastbound State Route 198 just west of Exeter Blvd.
April 2012Funnel CloudExeter-Local law enforcement reported a cold air funnel near Exeter.
March 2000FloodExeter-no account filed
January 1997HailExeter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulare 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
Antes1.1 miles20
Rocky Hill1.3 miles23
Toolville1.4 miles23
List1.6 miles20
Matchin2.1 miles20
Musk (historical)2.3 miles20
Giant Oak (historical)2.5 miles20
Venida2.6 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 ExeterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986815The 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 1652707. 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.