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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.

Reedley within Fresno 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 Reedley, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Reedley, surveyed 1922

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

Population over time

3 figures

Reedley 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.

YearPeople Change
19202,447
201024,194
202025,227+1,033 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

400 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined183
Debris and open burning79
Equipment and vehicle use59
Arson/incendiarism48
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BUTTONWILLOW AV REEDLE
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFRANK 2
7 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitNEWMARK
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS REED AV REEDLEY
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitE SOUTH AV /S LAC JAC AV
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitFKU #9873
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHUNT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mont Lasalle Vineyard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011FloodReedley$25,000Local TV broadcasters reported a property was flooded near the Kings River near Reedley.
June 2011FloodReedley$25,000A mobile home was damaged by snowmelt floodwaters at Lindy's Landing along the Kings River.
March 2011FloodReedley$5,000Flooding reported on Huntsman at Del Altair. 24-hour rainfall reports between Hanford and Fresno were between 1.50 to 2.00 inches.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindReedley$5,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindReedley$2,000Officials reported a large tree downed in Reedley due to severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2023FloodReedley-California Highway Patrol reported E. Floral Ave. at S. Lac Jac Ave and Wallace was closed due to a sinkhole.
June 2017FloodReedley-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 2006HailReedley-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 2004Funnel CloudReedley-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 2003Funnel CloudReedley-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 1999HailReedley-Hail damage to young vines, stone fruit, and deciduous crops.
June 1998HailReedley-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 2006HailReedley-no account filed
March 2005Funnel CloudReedley-no account filed
April 2003HailReedley-no account filed
February 2001HailReedley-no account filed
October 2000Thunderstorm WindReedley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Lacjac2.1 miles23
Uva2.6 miles23
Parlier4.2 miles21
Fargo (historical)4.4 miles19
Miley5.4 miles21
Wahtoke5.6 miles23
Cella6.6 miles23
Navelencia6.9 miles23

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 ReedleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q984609The 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.