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Orosi, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Orosi-Cutler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93647. The Survey maps it on the Orange Cove South quadrangle. 8,329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.

Orosi within Tulare 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 Orosi, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Orosi, surveyed 1922

On record in Orosi

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

Population over time

2 figures

Orosi fell from 8,770 to 8,329 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
20108,770
20208,329-441 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

419 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 419 fires within 5 miles of Orosi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,666 acres in total. None started naturally. 190 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
Arson/incendiarism190
Missing data/not specified/undetermined117
Equipment and vehicle use51
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Debris and open burning24
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTulare UnitSULTANA
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMASSIE
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTulare UnitALTA#5
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCHURCH
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTulare UnitEAST
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresTulare UnitPINKERTON
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTulare UnitOLYMPIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Orosi: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Uranium. 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
BezzaridesUraniumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
DickeyGranitePast Producer
Dinuba Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer
Ledbetter Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orosi in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 9 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOrosi$1,500,000NWS officials toured damage around the town of Orosi in Tulare County. Extensive wind damage from thunderstorm outflow in the town was evident. Several homes exhibited minor roof damage. Fences and trees were damaged or downed. Property damages were estimated. NWS concluded that a gust front tornado, commonly called a gustnado, occurred in this location, based on damage pattern as well as patterns indicated in tall dry grass and tree trunks and tops, and eyewitness accounts. Gust front tornadoes can occur in the outflow of a severe thunderstorm and are not considered to be true tornadoes. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2006FloodOrosi$100,000no account filed
September 2007Flash FloodOrosi$5,000A trained storm spotter noted debris of leaves, small trees and branches from flash flooding. The location was just east of Orange Cove on Sand Creek Rd.
November 2024FloodOrosi-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Ave. 413 near SR 63 in Orosi.
January 2023FloodOrosi-Public report of large rocks in the roadway on Boyd Dr. east of Orosi.
January 2023FloodOrosi-Public report of flooding at the intersection of Ave. 416 and Rd. 127 in Orosi.
January 2023FloodOrosi-Public report of a downed power pole into a saturated ground near the intersection of Ave. 432 and Rd. 140.
January 2023FloodOrosi-Public report of a lot of debris backing up and covering the roadway at the intersection of SR 63 and Ave. 412 in Orosi.
January 2023FloodOrosi-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Rd. 142 near Orosi.
March 2023FloodOrosi-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Ave 416 a half mile west of Rd. 168.
March 2023FloodOrosi-California Highway Patrol reported water a foot deep on Rd. 144 at Ave. 142.

Every storm recorded in Tulare 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
East Orosi1.4 miles22
Cutler1.5 miles22
Wyeth2.1 miles22
Sultana2.8 miles22
Calgro3.8 miles19
Tokay3.8 miles22
Wimp3.8 miles27
Primero (historical)4.0 miles22

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 OrosiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3301639The 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 230107. 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.