Parkwood, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Madera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93637. The Survey maps it on the Madera quadrangle. 2,307 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 262 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.


Population over time
2 figuresParkwood grew from 2,268 to 2,307 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 | 2,268 | |
| 2020 | 2,307 | +39 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Madera quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Madera quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Madera quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Madera quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,685 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,685 fires within 5 miles of Parkwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,341 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 217 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 | 911 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 218 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 217 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 127 |
| Debris and open burning | 122 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 | MADERA CITY #1769 |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MAD#1833 |
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AUSTIN ST MADERA_ACRES |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | RD 32 / AVE 12 |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MAD 1672 |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MFD1789 |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | MAD. 1681 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Parkwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigo Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Solo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borden | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Parksdale | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Madera | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Italian Swiss Colony | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lankershim (historical) | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Storey | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Irrigosa | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Trigo | 4.6 miles | 19 |
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 Parkwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3301618 | 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 1867049. 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.










