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Peters, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Linden-Farmington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95236. The Survey maps it on the Peters quadrangle. 708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Peters within San Joaquin County

Then and now

1915 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Peters, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Peters, surveyed 1915

Population over time

2 figures

Peters grew from 672 to 708 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
2010672
2020708+36 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Peters between 2000 and 2017, burning about 207 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOK#3
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitESCALON
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOK
17 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCOOK
16 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
9 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 July 2000Smokingunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitPEPSI
2 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Joaquin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Peters: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
LindenGoldUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitGoldUnknown
MillerSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Joaquin 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
Linden3.4 miles24
Farmington4.3 miles17
Bellota (historical)5.3 miles24
Collegeville7.4 miles20
Orford7.5 miles20
Waterloo8.2 miles24
Avena (historical)9.6 miles17
Garden Acres9.7 miles20

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 PetersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6073506The 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 252764. 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.