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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.

Grayson within Stanislaus County

Then and now

1915 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Grayson, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Grayson, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Grayson 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.

YearPeople Change
2010952
20201,041+89 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

76 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use25
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeAG ROAD
25 September 1992Debris and open burning450 acresGrasslands Wildlife Management AreaCHRISTMAN1
24 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeCHRISTMAN
2 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeLARA #1 WF - SJR
30 August 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeARAMBEL #2-A
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWEST
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Joaquin River National Wildlife RefugeLARA JPT
27 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use270 acresSanta Clara UnitMEAT TRUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hamilton EstateStone, DimensionOccurrence
Ideal Cement Co. Pacific Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unidentified Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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
Westley1.4 miles20
Tuolumne City (historical)3.8 miles20
Halley (historical)4.2 miles20
Vanormer (historical)4.8 miles19
Solyo5.5 miles22
Patterson6.9 miles19
Ohm7.0 miles20
Riverdale Park7.5 miles19

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 GraysonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228200The 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.