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.
Then and now
1928 to 1993The 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.


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
Pogue Hotellisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresLemoncove 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 308 | |
| 2020 | 298 | -10 (-3%) |
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.
- 1928 USGS Lemon Cove quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Exeter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Woodlake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional 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 use | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | DRY |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE CO # 72 |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Tulare Unit | BADGER |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | BADGER 2 |
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #118 |
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | LOMITAS TULARE CO12 |
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SAULSBURY |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | WHITNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodale Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Naranjo Deposits | Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Agnes Fletcher | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hamilton | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Hamilton Copper | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Lemon Cove Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Richmond Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lemon Cove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woodlake Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Lemoncove | $159,700 | California Highway Patrol reports that Highway 198 at Long Road is closed due to a mudslide just southwest of Kaweah Lake. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemoncove | $22,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed causing power outages. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol reported rocks washed up on the road at the intersection of SR 198 and SR 216 in Lemoncove. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 198 at the intersection of Ave. 330. in Lemoncove. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol and the Tulare County Fire Department reported rocks in the roadway on Lemon Rd. near SR 198. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol reported Summit Dr. flooded near SR 198. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol reported mud, dirt and rocks on Dry Creek Dr. at SR 216. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Lemoncove | - | California Highway Patrol reported a lot of rocks and mud in the roadway on SR 216 at Dry Creek. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Lemoncove | - | 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 2019 | Debris Flow | Lemoncove | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | Tulare County Fire Department reported Eastbound State Route 198 flooded near Ave. 328 in Lemon Cove. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Lemoncove | - | Broadcast Media reported Highway 198 near Road 248 was closed due to flooding near Citro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citro | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Goodale | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sandspur (historical) | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Naranjo | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lindcove | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Saint Johns | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlake | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Yokohl | 5.0 miles | 23 |
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 Lemoncove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1817070 | 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 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.










