Madera Acres, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93638. The Survey maps it on the Kismet quadrangle. 9,162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 292 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMadera Acres fell from 9,163 to 9,162 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 | 9,163 | |
| 2020 | 9,162 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Kismet quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Le Grand quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Kismet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kismet quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Le Grand quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,861 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,861 fires within 5 miles of Madera Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,768 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 246 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 | 950 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 287 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 246 |
| Debris and open burning | 150 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 132 |
| Smoking | 80 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | N D ST / ADELL ST |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | DURAN |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MAD#1833 |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | PACIFIC DR MADERA_ACRES |
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CASTRO |
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | CHEMICAL |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MAD 1672 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Madera Acres: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fresno River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Country Club Estates | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Madera Highlands | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Kismet | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Notarb | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Valley Lake Ranchos | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Madera | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Storey | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Talbot (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 |
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 Madera Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3295955 | 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 1867039. 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.









