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.
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.


Population over time
2 figuresGoshen 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,006 | |
| 2020 | 4,968 | +1,962 (+65%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1926 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Goshen quadrangle1:24000
- 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
297 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | PITTS |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HOVANNISIAN |
| 7 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CALIF.# 38 |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CAL #65 |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO #91 |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE CA #64 |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SPORTSMEN |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | UNION PACIFIC #15 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Goshen | $100,000 | The 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $1,000 | A three foot diameter tree was downed by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Goshen | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Rd. 60 north of Ave. 328. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Goshen | - | California highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on southbound State Route 99 just north of Goshen. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Goshen | - | 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 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just north of Visalia. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported 3/4-inch hail near Goshen in Tulare County during the afternoon of the 4th. |
| May 2003 | Lightning | Goshen | - | 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.
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 Goshen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2136629 | 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 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.











