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Minkler, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Reedley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93657. The Survey maps it on the Wahtoke quadrangle. 867 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.

Minkler within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Minkler, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Minkler, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

Minkler fell from 1,003 to 867 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
20101,003
2020867-136 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Minkler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,425 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use81
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK
9 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT
8 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitPULLIN
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMADSEN
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitFKU 38417
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFresno-Kings UnitKERN FIRE
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitPIEDRA
6 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitN RIO VISTA AV SANGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Minkler: 5 unknowns, 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos. 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
H H MinerAsbestosUnknown
SecrestStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Tivy Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Central Rock & Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Central Valley Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Industrial Asphalt IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minkler in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 4 flood, 1 flash 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
January 2023FloodMinkler-Public report of roadway flooding on Wood Duck Dr. just east of Trout Lake Dr.
February 2023FloodMinkler-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on east SR 180 at S. Reed Rd.
December 2022FloodMinkler-California Highway Patrol reported both sides of the roadway flooded at S. Reed Ave. and E. Annadale Ave.
January 2017FloodMinkler-California Highway Patrol reported about a foot of water across all lanes on Highway 180 near Reed Avenue near Minkler.
January 2017Flash FloodMinkler-California Highway Patrol reported about a foot of water across all lanes on Highway 180 near Reed Avenue near Minkler.

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Oakhurst (historical)2.0 miles23
Centerville2.2 miles23
Cella2.2 miles23
Elk2.6 miles30
Wahtoke3.2 miles23
Riverbend3.6 miles21
Zediker4.2 miles21
Gravesboro4.2 miles30

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 MinklerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2841566The 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 228804. 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.