Riverdale, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Riverdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93656. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle. 3,477 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 69 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 figuresRiverdale grew from 3,153 to 3,477 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 | 3,153 | |
| 2020 | 3,477 | +324 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1924 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:31680
- 1927 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HAY |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HWY 41 /W HARLAN AV |
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 3FKU10960 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HIGHWAY |
| 3 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | RIVERDALE #15 |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | W EXCELSIOR AV /S GRANTLA |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | WALNUT |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | BRAWLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $2,500 | County government reported a large tree downed in Riverdale. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Riverdale | - | An NWS Employee observed roadway flooding just west of Riverdale at the intersection of |W. Mount Whitney Ave and S. Brawley Ave. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Riverdale | - | A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail near Riverdale. |
| March 1996 | Hail | Riverdale | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Riverdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Schilling | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Camden | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lanare | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Bender (historical) | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Clint | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lillis (historical) | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Burrel | 7.7 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 Riverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458236 | 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 1661314. 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.
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.










