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Gustine, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Gustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95322. The Survey maps it on the Gustine quadrangle. 6,110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Gustine within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gustine, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Gustine, surveyed 1918

Population over time

2 figures

Gustine grew from 5,520 to 6,110 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
20105,520
20206,110+590 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

415 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Gustine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,411 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined255
Equipment and vehicle use76
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSANCHES RD /N CANAL SCHOO
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitCOTTA
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitINGOMAR
7 September 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSULLIVAN
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrasslands Wildlife Management AreaGUCTY227
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitVIA PALERMO GUSTINE_CIT
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionI5 N/ HWY 140 OFF RAMP
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGrasslands Wildlife Management AreaEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced 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 Gustine: 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
Richardson Sand and Gravel No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Merced County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gustine in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGustine$230,000no account filed
January 2023FloodGustine-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on SR 33 just north of Sullivan Rd. in Gustine.
January 2023FloodGustine-Public report of flooding on southbound I-5 just south of Taglio Road concealing potholes on the roadway.
January 2021FloodGustine-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to heavy rain at the intersection of SR 33 and SR 140 in Gustine.
January 2017FloodGustine-Merced Emergency Manager reports numerous road closures between Gustine and Newman due to broken levee along Garza Creek.
December 2014Heavy RainGustine-Widespread reports of 1 to 2 inches of rain across Merced county with locally 2.5 inches of rain near Gustine. Reports of nuisance flooding included one lane closed on Highway 165 near Livingston, roadway flooding approximately 1.5 feet deep 6 mile southwest of Gustine and minor street flooding in the town of Gustine.
April 2005Funnel CloudGustine-Newspaper reports indicated a funnel cloud observed near Gustine at the same time as the Ballico Tornado.
June 2001WildfireGustine-The 165-Los Banos/SNF562 Wildfire ignited by an unknown cause burned approximately 1500 acres in the Kesterson Wildlife Refuge. No structures were lost with no fatalities occurring. Cost to combat unknown.
January 2006Funnel CloudGustine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Merced 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
Linora (historical)3.4 miles14
Ingomar5.6 miles14
Stevinson9.2 miles18
Santa Nella Village11.1 miles20
Volta11.7 miles17
Irwin12.4 miles17
Hilmar13.1 miles17
Trent13.9 miles17

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 GustineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2295402The 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 1658690. 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.