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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.

Kerman within Fresno County

Then and now

1947 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kerman, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Kerman, surveyed 1947

Population over time

2 figures

Kerman 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,544
202016,016+2,472 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

30 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitHUMBOLDT
1 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings Unitnot named
27 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1998HailKerman4 hurtA 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 2010FloodKerman$125,000Heavy 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 2012Thunderstorm WindKerman$50,000Local media reported a carport and 30 almond trees destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds in the town of Kerman.
December 1997FloodKerman$5,000Minor flooding in the Kerman area due to locally heavy rain from embedded thunderstorms.
March 2012FloodKerman$5,000no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindKerman$5,000no account filed
March 2012FloodKerman$3,000A trained storm spotter reported flooding west of Fresno.
February 2023FloodKerman-California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree blocking the northbound lane of Del North Ave. just north of Whitesbridge Ave. in Kerman.
March 2011Funnel CloudKerman-Local TV broadcasters reported a funnel cloud observed from the town of Kerman.
October 2007Flash FloodKerman-Strong thunderstorms caused streets to flood and be closed in the Kerman area.
October 2007HailKerman-A storm chaser reported penny sized hail.
February 2000Tornado (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 2012Funnel CloudKerman-no account filed
February 2005HailKerman-no account filed
February 2003Heavy RainKerman-no account filed
May 2002LightningKerman-no account filed
March 1996Funnel CloudKerman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Rugg (historical)3.0 miles15
Floyd3.6 miles19
Rolinda5.3 miles19
Biola5.9 miles21
Dickerson (historical)6.5 miles20
McMullin (historical)6.6 miles19
Raco6.8 miles20
Barstow7.9 miles20

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 KermanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q984605The 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.