Orange Cove, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Orange Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93646. The Survey maps it on the Orange Cove South quadrangle. 9,649 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The 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.


On record in Orange Cove
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
Orange Cove Santa Fe Railway Depotlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresOrange Cove grew from 9,078 to 9,649 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 | 9,078 | |
| 2020 | 9,649 | +571 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1922 USGS Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1923 USGS Sultana quadrangle1:31680
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Orange Cove South quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1966 USGS Orange Cove South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Orange Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,127 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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 | 84 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | ALTA#5 |
| 9 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HILLS |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HILLS VALLEY |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TULARE COUNTY #71 |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU 9367 |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | CRAWFORD AV /E JEFFERSON |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | NAVEL |
| 5 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | TORIO |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Orange Cove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinuba Magnesite Co. | Magnesite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange Cove in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange Cove | $60,000 | County officials reported a large tree downed onto a house from severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orange Cove | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind blew down trees and powerlines near Orange Cove in Fresno County. Further damage was caused by small hail (less than 3/4" diameter) on crops from Fresno to Visalia including the communities of Reedley...Dinuba...Orosi...Exeter...Kingsburg...and Farmersville. Fresno County estimated $16.4M damage with $14.8M occurring in the Reedley area alone. The following were estimated as being damaged: 4000 acres citrus...152 acres apples...127 acres grapes...and a number of other stone fruit crops. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Orange Cove | - | Public report of a canal overflowing onto the roadway on eastbound Adams Ave. just east of Wakefield Ave. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Orange Cove | - | Public report of roadway flooding on Anchor Ave. just north of Adams Ave which resulted in Anchor Ave. being closed. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Orange Cove | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Summer Ave. west of Orange Cove. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Orange Cove | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of Park Blvd. and Hills Valley Rd. in Orange Cove. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Orange Cove | - | While the largest hail fell in the vicinity of Orange Cove...frequent lightning with this event continued at least until 1801 PDT based on spotter reports. |
| May 2000 | Heavy Rain | Orange Cove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navelencia | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Reedley | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Wahtoke | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Yokuts Valley | 8.7 miles | 24 | |
| Cella | 8.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lacjac | 9.1 miles | 23 | |
| Uva | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Minkler | 10.3 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 Orange Cove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q83845 | 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 277569. 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.












