Parlier, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Parlier-Del Rey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93648. The Survey maps it on the Selma quadrangle. 14,576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 58 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 figuresParlier grew from 14,494 to 14,576 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 | 14,494 | |
| 2020 | 14,576 | +82 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1924 USGS Selma quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Selma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1964 USGS Selma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Parlier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,751 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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 | 237 |
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | E BULAH AVE PARLIER |
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | E LINCOLN AVE /S GREENWOO |
| 9 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | S BETHEL AVE /E LINCOLN A |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | ACADEMY |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FRANK 2 |
| 7 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | NEWMARK |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | S REED AV REEDLEY |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parlier: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Asphalt Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mont Lasalle Vineyard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parlier in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 flood, 2 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Heavy Rain | Parlier | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Parlier | $50,000 | Lightning struck a house causing damage...but no injuries. The thunderstorm activity...between gusty wind and torrential rain... led to the disruption of power to over 25,000 residents in Central Fresno County. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Parlier | - | California Highway Patrol reported the eastbound lane of Manning Ave. in Parlier is flooded. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Parlier | - | California Highway Patrol reported E. Manning Ave. flooded at S. Academy Ave in Parlier. A car went through the intersection and spun out. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Parlier | - | Public report of roadway flooding and half inch hail in Parlier. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Parlier | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on Manning Ave. between the bridge and Zediker Ave. in Parlier. |
| February 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Parlier | - | A tornado briefly touched down in rural farmland between Riverbend Ave. and Goodfellow Ave. southeast of Sanger and was captured on video and relayed to the NWS by a media source. |
| March 1998 | Lightning | Parlier | - | Reported by spotter during storm chase. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Parlier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miley | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fargo (historical) | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Uva | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Lacjac | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Reedley | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Del Rey | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Selma | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Reka (historical) | 5.5 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 Parlier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985259 | 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 1659348. 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.












