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.
Then and now
1926 to 1993The 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.


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
Exeter Public Librarylisted 1990
Population over time
3 figuresExeter 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1,852 | |
| 2010 | 10,334 | |
| 2020 | 10,321 | -13 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1926 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
343 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 135 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FRIANT |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | COUNTY OF TULARE#74 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FLANIKEN |
| 6 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | GILL |
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CA #71 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | VALLEY |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | S.J.V.R. #11 |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ROCK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Oaks Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gill Ranch Chromite Deposits | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Grant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hanggi Ranch Deposit | Asbestos, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Exeter Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| S.P. Brick and Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Thomas Jacobs | Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Thomas Jacobs | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Cross Ranch Deposit | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Hamilton Ranch Deposit | Magnesite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Exeter | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Exeter | $5,000 | A trained weather spotter reported trees downed from thunderstorm winds and blowing dust. Winds estimated up to 50 mph. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Exeter | - | California Highway Patrol reported water over one lane of SR 198 near the intersection of Rd. 196. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Exeter | - | Image posted on Facebook showing flooding of the Friant Kern Canal at SR 198. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Exeter | - | California Highway Patrol reported SR 65 flooded near E. List Ave. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Exeter | - | California Highway Patrol reported one foot of water covering the left lane of eastbound State Route 198 just west of Exeter Blvd. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Exeter | - | Local law enforcement reported a cold air funnel near Exeter. |
| March 2000 | Flood | Exeter | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Exeter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antes | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Rocky Hill | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Toolville | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| List | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Matchin | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Musk (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Giant Oak (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Venida | 2.6 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 Exeter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986815 | 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 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.










