Reedley, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Reedley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93654. It stands on Wahtoke Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reedley quadrangle. 25,227 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 348 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.


On record in Reedley
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 2 records
Reedley National Banklisted 1985
Reedley Opera House Complexlisted 1984
Population over time
3 figuresReedley grew from 2,447 to 25,227 between 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 2,447 | |
| 2010 | 24,194 | |
| 2020 | 25,227 | +1,033 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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 Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Reedley quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Reedley quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Reedley quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Reedley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
400 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 400 fires within 5 miles of Reedley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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 | 183 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | S BUTTONWILLOW AV REEDLE |
| 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 |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | E SOUTH AV /S LAC JAC AV |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU #9873 |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HUNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Reedley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Lasalle Vineyard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reedley in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 hail, 5 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Reedley | $25,000 | Local TV broadcasters reported a property was flooded near the Kings River near Reedley. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Reedley | $25,000 | A mobile home was damaged by snowmelt floodwaters at Lindy's Landing along the Kings River. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Reedley | $5,000 | Flooding reported on Huntsman at Del Altair. 24-hour rainfall reports between Hanford and Fresno were between 1.50 to 2.00 inches. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedley | $2,000 | Officials reported a large tree downed in Reedley due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Reedley | - | California Highway Patrol reported E. Floral Ave. at S. Lac Jac Ave and Wallace was closed due to a sinkhole. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Reedley | - | Flooding was reported by an NWS employee along the Kings River just south of the bridge on Manning Ave at the adjacent RV Park on the west side of Reedley. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Reedley | - | A trained spotter reported quarter-size hail near Reedley. Two unconfirmed reports were received from the general public of golf-ball hail also near Reedley. |
| October 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Reedley | - | This funnel was reported looking south toward the location of the "Dinuba Tornado" but was on a line behind the convection line that supported the tornado and 30 minutes later. |
| March 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Reedley | - | Low-topped convection resulted in an unconfirmed report of a funnel cloud in the vicinity of Reedley. HNX WSR-88D reflectivity was in the 45-50 dBz value range with tops 10-15K feet. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Reedley | - | Hail damage to young vines, stone fruit, and deciduous crops. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Reedley | - | As reported by Fresno County Ag Commissioner that large amounts of hail with some reaching 1" in diameter occurred in the Reedley area. Other damage areas in Fresno County were around Kerman, Riverdale, Orange Cove, and Kingsburg. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Reedley | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Reedley | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Reedley | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Reedley | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reedley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacjac | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Uva | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Parlier | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Fargo (historical) | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Miley | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Wahtoke | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cella | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Navelencia | 6.9 miles | 23 |
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 Reedley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q984609 | 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 1659495. 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.













