Oro Loma, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Firebaugh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93622. The Survey maps it on the Dos Palos quadrangle. It stands 174 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1913 USGS Panoche quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1922 USGS Dos Palos quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Dos Palos quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Oro Loma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 17,016 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | I-5 |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU # 10578 |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | RUSSELL |
| 19 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | CAFKU11933 |
| 19 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Grasslands Wildlife Management Area | CAFKU11943 |
| 14 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | I-5 |
| 12 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | W NEES AV FIREBAUGH |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | NEES |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oro Loma in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 flood, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Flood | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported southbound Interstate 5 was flooded south of Little Panoche Rd. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported mud and rock debris covering part of Little Panoche Road just west of the I-5 intersection. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at the intersection of W. Shields Ave. and N. Russell Ave. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding at the intersection of West Nees Avenue and North Russel Avenue at 1745 PST. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding at West Shields Avenue and North Russel Avenue northwest of Wood Ranch at 1757 PST. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Oro Loma | - | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding at West Nees Avenue and Poleline Road south of Hamburg Farms at 1810 PST. |
| May 1998 | Flood | Oro Loma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxalis | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Wood Ranch | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Firebaugh | 12.6 miles | 20 | |
| Benito | 14.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cromir | 15.4 miles | 20 | |
| Mercey Hot Springs | 15.7 miles | 21 | |
| Arbios | 17.4 miles | 20 | |
| Mendota | 18.9 miles | 20 |
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 Oro Loma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7103686 | 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 252757. 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.
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.









