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Springville, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93265. It lies near Snail Head. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle. 967 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.

Springville within Tulare County

Then and now

1904 to 1978

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 Springville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Springville, surveyed 1904

On record in Springville

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

Springville grew from 934 to 967 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
2010934
2020967+33 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,084 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 35 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
Equipment and vehicle use89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning12
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks1
Smoking1
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 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitPLEASANT
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitFRAZIER - F#160
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitROADRUNNER
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitWILSON
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitSEBESTIAN
3 September 1998Natural90 acresTulare UnitYOUNG
3 September 1997Natural3.0 acresTulare UnitBLACK
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Granite, Manganese, Uranium. 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
Barber No. 2Copper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Barber No. 2Copper, GoldUnknown
Frazier ValleyAsbestosUnknown
Springville Borrow PitGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tompkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectsMagnesiteProspect
Freitas ClaimUraniumProspect
O'Kelley DepositManganeseOccurrence
O'Kelly ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Sequoia RanchUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 flood, 3 wildfire, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 1998FloodSpringville2 killedIn trying to cross the Tule River in the mountains of Tulare County, an elderly couple's car was swept downstream off of a 100-foot low-water crossing. The river was running at a higher than normal level of 5 feet deep due to recent rains in Central California.
September 1997WildfireSpringville$940,000Coffee Wildfire was caused from a vehicle fire. It reached a size of 2470 acres within the Sequoia National Forest.
April 2006Flash FloodSpringville$125,000no account filed
March 2013FloodSpringville$5,000Road flooding was reported at Highway 190 and Success Valley Drive.
December 2025FloodSpringville-CHP reports flooding on SR 190 near Globe Dr.
January 2023Debris FlowSpringville-Tulare County Sheriffs reported a small rock slide on Pleasant Oak Dr. near the intersection with SR 190.
January 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported Globe Dr. over the Tulare River Bridge in Springville was closed due to flooding.
February 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported near Lake Success on Success Valley Dr.
March 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported eastbound SR 190 flooded west of Pleasant Oak Dr.
March 2023FloodSpringville-Video posted on Twitter showing flooding in Springville.
March 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported Rio Vista Dr. was washed out near Cow Mountain Rd.
March 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported SR 190 flooded at Coffee Camp.
March 2023FloodSpringville-Video posted on Facebook showing Globe Dr. flooded by the Tule River in Springville.
March 2023FloodSpringville-Image shown on Twitter showing the River Island Country Club in Springville flooded.
March 2023FloodSpringville-A social media video was posted of a water rescue on the Tule River in Springville.
March 2023FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported a landslide blocking the eastbound lanes of SR 190 at Pleasant Oak Dr.
December 2022FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported a large rock washed up on the roadway just west of the intersection of SR 190 and Rd. 320.
March 2019FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported flooding at the intersection of State Route 190 and Pleasant Oaks Dr. 4SW Springville.
March 2018FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported Flash Flooding and a mudslide on State Route 190 east of Springville at the Powerhouse Bridge. About 3 feet of water covered the bridge.
December 2016FloodSpringville-California Highway Patrol reported boulders blocking the roadway at Avenue 176 and Road 320 just east of State Route 190 from road flooding.
July 2003WildfireSpringville-The Frazier Fire was fought by California Division of Forestry and burned 750 acres. Its cause and cost is unknown but no structures were lost nor did any fatalities occur.
July 2000WildfireSpringville-The Edison wildfire began on July 31st from an unknown cause and was contained the next day (August 1st) after burning 150 acres. No structures were lost and the cost to contain was unreported.
June 1998Heavy RainSpringville-no account filed
February 1998Heavy RainSpringville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulare 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
Globe2.1 miles27
Milo6.2 miles26
Soda Springs7.0 miles27
Worth8.3 miles27
Smith Mill8.9 miles26
Wheatons9.1 miles26
Alta Vista (historical)9.3 miles27
Mountain Home9.7 miles27

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 SpringvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2798679The 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 249828. 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.