Grayson, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Patterson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95363. The Survey maps it on the Westley quadrangle. 1,041 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 52 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresGrayson grew from 952 to 1,041 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 | 952 | |
| 2020 | 1,041 | +89 (+9%) |
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.
- 1915 USGS Westley quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Modesto West quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Westley quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Westley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Westley quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Westley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Grayson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,046 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | AG ROAD |
| 25 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 450 acres | Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | CHRISTMAN1 |
| 24 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | CHRISTMAN |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | LARA #1 WF - SJR |
| 30 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | ARAMBEL #2-A |
| 3 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | WEST |
| 28 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge | LARA JPT |
| 27 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 270 acres | Santa Clara Unit | MEAT TRUCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grayson: 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Estate | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Ideal Cement Co. Pacific Portland Cement Co. | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unidentified Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westley | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Tuolumne City (historical) | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Halley (historical) | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Vanormer (historical) | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Solyo | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Patterson | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Ohm | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Riverdale Park | 7.5 miles | 19 |
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 Grayson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228200 | 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 1658661. 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.










