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Lockeford, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lockeford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95237. The Survey maps it on the Lockeford quadrangle. 3,333 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Lockeford within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lockeford, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Lockeford, surveyed 1894

On record in Lockeford

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lockeford grew from 3,233 to 3,333 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
20103,233
20203,333+100 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Lockeford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 445 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitBARMBY
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCOLLIER
13 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitLIBERTY
7 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCLEMENTS RD / BRANDT RD
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUTTENFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lockeford: 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clements PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clements PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Featherstone Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MokelumneSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Stampede Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Joaquin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockeford in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
December 2025FloodLockeford-California Highway Patrol reported a rockslide in the westbound lane of State Route 88 from heavy rain.
October 2018Heavy RainLockeford-Both lanes on North Sierra Drive were flooded.

Every storm recorded in San Joaquin 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
Victor3.5 miles24
Clements3.8 miles24
Dogtown4.8 miles24
Youngstown5.0 miles24
Elliott (historical)5.2 miles24
Peltier5.3 miles24
Acampo6.9 miles23
Lodi6.9 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 LockefordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1884088The 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 277543. 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.