Hickman, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hughson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95323. The Survey maps it on the Denair quadrangle. 604 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 177 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 78 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 figuresHickman fell from 641 to 604 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 | 641 | |
| 2020 | 604 | -37 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1916 USGS Denair quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Modesto East quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Denair quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Denair quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Denair quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Hickman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hickman: 8 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Rock and Sand Co | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Tailings | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| 7-11 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| American Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Charles Warner | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| George & Wendell G Reed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Products Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Hickman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hughson Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickman in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 3 flood. 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 2026 | Flood | Hickman | - | California Highway Patrol reported 3 vehicles stuck in water at Montpellier Road and Whitmore Road from heavy rain. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Hickman | - | Stanislaus County OES reported the closure of Montpelier Road from Keyes to Whitmore due to flooding. At least 8 other roads within the county were closed due to flooding. Minor street and residential flooding were also reported. |
| December 2022 | Flood | Hickman | - | Roadway flooding reported at Montpellier Road and Whitmore Road near Foster Farms. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Montpelier | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hughson | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Denair | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Claribel | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Paulsell | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Empire | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Arnold (historical) | 9.6 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 Hickman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q678569 | 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 1656069. 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.










