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Ripon, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Ripon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95366. The Survey maps it on the Salida quadrangle. 16,013 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Ripon 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 Ripon, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Ripon, surveyed 1915

Population over time

2 figures

Ripon grew from 14,297 to 16,013 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
201014,297
202016,013+1,716 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

51 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ripon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ripon: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Joaquin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ripon in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailRipon-Public reported 1 inch hail with severe thunderstorms, relayed by broadcast media.
October 2018Heavy RainRipon-Roadway flooding at 4th St. and Hekman Circle. A vehicle was stalled on a flooded road.
October 2018Heavy RainRipon-A vehicle was stuck in a flooded roadway at West Colony Rd. and Calhoun Ave.
October 2018Heavy RainRipon-Roadway flooding was reported on Doak Blvd and South Mohler Rd and on Grange Way.

Every storm 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
Simms4.2 miles17
Carrolton4.9 miles17
Atlanta4.9 miles17
Van Allen5.5 miles17
Five Corners6.0 miles19
Manteca6.2 miles19
Avena (historical)7.6 miles17
West Manteca7.8 miles22

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 RiponAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986098The 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 277615. 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.