Kerman, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kerman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93630. The Survey maps it on the Kerman quadrangle. 16,016 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 35 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 figuresKerman grew from 13,544 to 16,016 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 | 13,544 | |
| 2020 | 16,016 | +2,472 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1947 USGS Kerman quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Kerman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Kerman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Kerman between 1994 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HUMBOLDT |
| 1 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | not named |
| 27 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerman in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 flood, 3 funnel cloud, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Hail | Kerman | 4 hurt | A severe thunderstorm moved north toward Madera County depositing hail to a depth of 2" on the ground at points north and northeast of Kerman. The accompnaying deluge of rain led to multiple crashes on area highways sending 4 people to area hospitals beginning around 1400 PST in the Fresno area. |
| December 2010 | Flood | Kerman | $125,000 | Heavy rain caused widespread urban and poor drainage flooding on the morning of the 29th across much of the San Joaquin Valley. Especially hard hit were the metro areas of Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield, and the adjacent foothills. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerman | $50,000 | Local media reported a carport and 30 almond trees destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds in the town of Kerman. |
| December 1997 | Flood | Kerman | $5,000 | Minor flooding in the Kerman area due to locally heavy rain from embedded thunderstorms. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Kerman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerman | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Flood | Kerman | $3,000 | A trained storm spotter reported flooding west of Fresno. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Kerman | - | California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree blocking the northbound lane of Del North Ave. just north of Whitesbridge Ave. in Kerman. |
| March 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Kerman | - | Local TV broadcasters reported a funnel cloud observed from the town of Kerman. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Kerman | - | Strong thunderstorms caused streets to flood and be closed in the Kerman area. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Kerman | - | A storm chaser reported penny sized hail. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Kerman | - | Numerous almond trees knocked down in a rural area of Fresno County. Eyewitness accounts indicate rotational motion in almond blossom petals, more than 20 fallen trees in the debris field, and the movement of irrigation pipe as indicators. Event reported to the NWS several hours afterwards. Tornado traveled from east and ending heading northeast. This tornado developed on the south end of the line of convection referenced in the Madera County tornado event. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Kerman | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Kerman | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Heavy Rain | Kerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Lightning | Kerman | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Kerman | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugg (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Floyd | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rolinda | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Biola | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Dickerson (historical) | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| McMullin (historical) | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Raco | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Barstow | 7.9 miles | 20 |
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 Kerman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q984605 | 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 1658895. 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.
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.









