BlockBefore

Salida, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Salida census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95368. The Survey maps it on the Salida quadrangle. 13,886 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Salida within Stanislaus 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 Salida, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Salida, surveyed 1915

Population over time

2 figures

Salida grew from 13,722 to 13,886 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
201013,722
202013,886+164 (+1%)

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

181 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Salida between 2005 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined149
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salida in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 3 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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
January 2021Heavy RainSalida$100,000The media reported that street flooding and rockslides occurred due to heavy rain. They also noted that Stanislaus Sheriff Department said a few vehicles were damaged as well. Damage costs are estimated. Location is not approximate as it was provided as a general statement.
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Salida$20,000A brief EF-0 tornado touched down at 2 ENE Salida at 2:13 PM PDT and was on the ground for 0.9 miles until 2:15 PM PDT. The tornado moved through several orchards and 3 properties. Dozens of almond trees were uprooted and large tree branches were broken. Minor structure damage observed at the properties included a covered patio and roof material ripped off, a broken window, and outbuilding and metal fencing was displaced, and a large trailer was lifted and moved approximately 20 feet.
April 2026FloodSalida-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding across all lanes of State Route 99 at Pelandale Avenue offramp.
April 2026FloodSalida-A member of the public shared a picture of roadway flooding in a neighborhood in Salida.
April 2026FloodSalida-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Toomes Road and Covert Road.
September 2005Heavy RainSalida-no account filed
May 1998Funnel CloudSalida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stanislaus 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
McHenry4.3 miles20
Standiford4.5 miles20
North McHenry4.6 miles20
Stewart (historical)4.7 miles20
Del Rio4.7 miles20
Meyers (historical)5.3 miles20
Aurora5.4 miles20
Modesto6.6 miles17

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 SalidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233853The 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 1659792. 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.