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Goshen, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Visalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93291. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle. 4,968 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 285 feet above sea level.

Goshen 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 Goshen, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Goshen, surveyed 1926

Population over time

2 figures

Goshen grew from 3,006 to 4,968 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
20103,006
20204,968+1,962 (+65%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Goshen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. None started naturally. 88 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/undetermined103
Arson/incendiarism88
Equipment and vehicle use57
Smoking21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitPITTS
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitHOVANNISIAN
7 September 1992Smokingunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CALIF.# 38
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitSTATE OF CAL #65
3 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO #91
24 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE CA #64
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSPORTSMEN
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitUNION PACIFIC #15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Goshen: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
ParkerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goshen in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 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 2023FloodGoshen$100,000The Tulare County Emergency Manager reported that flooding from heavy rainfall resulted in a large eucalyptus tree falling on northbound SR 99 causing a multi-car chain reaction crash at the intersection of SR 99 and Betty Dr. in Goshen which caused one fatality. The fallen tree also killed an individual who was riding a motorcycle and hit the tree.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindGoshen$1,000A three foot diameter tree was downed by severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2023FloodGoshen-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Rd. 60 north of Ave. 328.
November 2018FloodGoshen-California highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on southbound State Route 99 just north of Goshen.
October 2015Flash FloodGoshen-Public reported flooding at the State Road 99 and State Road 198 interchange. This area was closed due to the flooding that occurred. This area was under construction during time of this event with bare soils on the side of the roadway. Crews were able to get the road open quickly once storm drains were opened.
February 2009Funnel CloudGoshen-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just north of Visalia.
April 2006HailGoshen-A trained spotter reported 3/4-inch hail near Goshen in Tulare County during the afternoon of the 4th.
May 2003LightningGoshen-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
Midvalley4.0 miles19
Chinowths Corner4.8 miles23
Tagus6.2 miles23
Visalia6.9 miles23
Ambler7.9 miles23
Traver8.0 miles21
Higby8.4 miles23
London8.7 miles21

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 GoshenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2136629The 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 1660689. 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.