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.
Then and now
1915 to 1989The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresRipon 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14,297 | |
| 2020 | 16,013 | +1,716 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS Salida quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Modesto West quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Salida quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Salida quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
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 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.
Storms near this place
4 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Ripon | - | Public reported 1 inch hail with severe thunderstorms, relayed by broadcast media. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ripon | - | Roadway flooding at 4th St. and Hekman Circle. A vehicle was stalled on a flooded road. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ripon | - | A vehicle was stuck in a flooded roadway at West Colony Rd. and Calhoun Ave. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ripon | - | Roadway flooding was reported on Doak Blvd and South Mohler Rd and on Grange Way. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simms | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Carrolton | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Atlanta | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Van Allen | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Five Corners | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Manteca | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Avena (historical) | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| West Manteca | 7.8 miles | 22 |
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 Ripon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986098 | 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 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.








