Lathrop, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Manteca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95330. The Survey maps it on the Lathrop quadrangle. 28,701 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresLathrop grew from 18,023 to 28,701 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 | 18,023 | |
| 2020 | 28,701 | +10,678 (+59%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1915 USGS Lathrop quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Lathrop quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1952 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Lathrop quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Lathrop between 2005 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 11 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lathrop: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Manteca Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Oakwood Lake Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Alegre Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lathrop in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lathrop | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 2026 | Flood | Lathrop | - | California Highway Patrol reported parts of the roadway washing out at State Route 120 and Yosemite Ave. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Lathrop | - | Law enforcement reported roadway flooding across all lanes at State Route 120 West and Interstate 5 South. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Lathrop | - | San Joaquin County Sheriff issued evacuation orders for 2 locations along the San Joaquin River starting on March 19, 2023. Those two locations include Airport Court, Manteca and Haven Acres Marina in Lathrop due to heavy rain and snowmelt. Evacuation orders were lifted on April 11, 2023. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Manteca | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mossdale | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Manteca | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Turner | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| French Camp | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Summer Home | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Banta | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Five Corners | 7.0 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 Lathrop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986862 | 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 1658948. 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.








