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Lemoncove, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodlake-Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93244. It lies near Wutchumna Hill. The Survey maps it on the Woodlake quadrangle. 298 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Lemoncove within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

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 Lemoncove, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lemoncove, surveyed 1928

On record in Lemoncove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lemoncove fell from 308 to 298 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
2010308
2020298-10 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Lemoncove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,642 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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
Equipment and vehicle use64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning12
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitDRY
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO # 72
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism11 acresTulare UnitBADGER
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitBADGER 2
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY #118
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictLOMITAS TULARE CO12
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSAULSBURY
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitWHITNEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lemoncove: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Goodale DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Naranjo DepositsMagnesiteProspect
Agnes FletcherGoldProspect
HamiltonCopperOccurrence
Hamilton CopperCopperProspect
Lemon Cove Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Richmond Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lemon Cove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodlake Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemoncove in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2017Flash FloodLemoncove$159,700California Highway Patrol reports that Highway 198 at Long Road is closed due to a mudslide just southwest of Kaweah Lake.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindLemoncove$22,000Trees and powerlines were downed causing power outages.
January 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported rocks washed up on the road at the intersection of SR 198 and SR 216 in Lemoncove.
January 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 198 at the intersection of Ave. 330. in Lemoncove.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol and the Tulare County Fire Department reported rocks in the roadway on Lemon Rd. near SR 198.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported Summit Dr. flooded near SR 198.
March 2023FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rocks on Dry Creek Dr. at SR 216.
December 2022Debris FlowLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported a lot of rocks and mud in the roadway on SR 216 at Dry Creek.
October 2021Flash FloodLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide on SR 198 near Lake Kaweah. A large boulder was located on the eastbound lane of SR 198.
January 2019Debris FlowLemoncove-California Highway Patrol reported Tulare County Fire Department response unit reported a land slide along Dry Creek Dr. and State Route 216 west of Lemon Cove.
March 2019FloodLemoncove-Tulare County Fire Department reported Eastbound State Route 198 flooded near Ave. 328 in Lemon Cove.
January 2017FloodLemoncove-Broadcast Media reported Highway 198 near Road 248 was closed due to flooding near Citro.

Every storm recorded in Tulare 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
Citro0.7 miles19
Goodale1.1 miles19
Sandspur (historical)1.2 miles19
Naranjo2.5 miles19
Lindcove2.7 miles23
Saint Johns3.9 miles19
Woodlake4.5 miles19
Yokohl5.0 miles23

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 LemoncoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1817070The 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 244733. 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.