French Camp, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95231. The Survey maps it on the Stockton West quadrangle. 3,770 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 76 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 figuresFrench Camp grew from 3,376 to 3,770 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 | 3,376 | |
| 2020 | 3,770 | +394 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1913 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
395 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of French Camp between 2007 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 354 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 French Camp: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Brick Plant | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Stockton Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kennedy | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| The Homestead (historical) | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lathrop | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Fair Oaks | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Summer Home | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Stockton | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Garden Acres | 5.9 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 French Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q600331 | 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 1658581. 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.








