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Sanger, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sanger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93657. The Survey maps it on the Sanger quadrangle. 26,617 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Sanger within Fresno County

Then and now

1923 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sanger, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sanger, surveyed 1923

On record in Sanger

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Sanger grew from 24,270 to 26,617 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
201024,270
202026,617+2,347 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Sanger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 989 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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/undetermined230
Debris and open burning76
Equipment and vehicle use73
Arson/incendiarism44
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionE LINCOLN AVE /S GREENWOO
9 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionS BETHEL AVE /E LINCOLN A
9 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHWY 180 /N ACADEMY AV
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitMADSEN
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHIGHWAY
6 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitBELMONT
6 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitN RIO VISTA AV SANGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sanger: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Chromium, Asbestos. 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
H H MinerAsbestosUnknown
Reported DepositChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationBerylliumProducer
Unnamed LocationBerylliumPast Producer
Central Rock & Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Central Valley Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Industrial Asphalt IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kings RiverSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanger in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 flood, 1 strong wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2011LightningSanger1 hurt, $3,500A 21- Year old woman was struck in the ankle while inside her home by lightning. She was standing near a sliding glass door.
March 2023FloodSanger-California Highway Patrol reported a car spun out in high waters and was stuck in mud on E. Goodfellow Ave. near S. Channel Rd.
March 2019FloodSanger-A trained spotter in Sanger measured 1.5 inches of rainfall between 1415 PST AND 1545 PST and reported extensive roadway flooding in Sanger.
February 2019Funnel CloudSanger-Social media posts of a funnel cloud in Sanger at 1340 PST.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSanger-Emergency Management reported a large tree downed in the town of Sanger.
April 2006HailSanger-Hail varying from 1 to 1.5 inches was reported by school bus drivers near Sanger in Fresno County.
May 2002HailSanger-1/2" Hail with some stones 3/4".
February 2000HailSanger-Larger hail damaged strawberry fields west of Sanger. Actual size not reported but presence of damage indicates larger hail present. One other Severe Thunderstorm warning was issued late in the afternoon (at 1610 PST) that was based on a meso-cyclone radar signature in the vicinity of Kingsburg. However, no verification occurred from this storm that was warned for both Fresno and Tulare County.
July 1999Strong WindSanger-Nearby thunderstorm activity along the Southern Sierra Nevada foothills spawned a gust front over the Fresno County East portion of the San Joaquin Valley floor in the vicinity of Sanger during the afternoon hours of the 13th. While no specific ag damage was listed by the Ag Commissioner, there were reports of downed tree limbs and downed fruit from gusty wind. The reported wind from the east at 26 MPH was measured at the Fresno Air Terminal which was 8 miles northwest of the Sanger area.
December 1995HailSanger-Strong reflectivity on the San Joaquin Valley WSR-88D prompted the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for South-Central Fresno County and Northwestern Tulare County at 1446PST with a valid time of 45 minutes. Hail size of one-half to three-quarters inch hail was observed in Sanger (12 miles ESE of Fresno) from this storm. While the Severe was likely needed for both Fresno and Tulare Counties, no verification could be obtained from the Tulare County side of the line. The reflectivity associated with this storm was 65dBz and VIL of 37.
January 2006Funnel CloudSanger-no account filed
February 2004Funnel CloudSanger-no account filed
May 2002HailSanger-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
Reka (historical)1.3 miles19
Clotho3.0 miles19
Big Bunch3.5 miles21
Centerville3.6 miles23
Zediker3.8 miles21
Del Rey3.9 miles19
Riverbend4.1 miles21
Ivesta4.4 miles20

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 SangerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q174427The 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 277596. 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.