Stockton, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95202. It stands on Mormon Slough. The Survey maps it on the Stockton West quadrangle. 320,804 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Stockton
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 12 of 18 shown
Commercial and Savings Banklisted 1980
El Dorado Elementary Schoollisted 1977
Elks Buildinglisted 1980
Farmer's and Merchant's Banklisted 1980
Fox California Theaterlisted 1979
Wong K. Gew Mansionlisted 1978
Benjamin Holt Houselisted 1982
Hotel Stocktonlisted 1981
Nippon Hospitallisted 1978
Old Weber Schoollisted 1973
Philomathean Clubhouselisted 2009
Moses Rodgers Houselisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresStockton grew from 291,707 to 320,804 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 | 291,707 | |
| 2020 | 320,804 | +29,097 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1913 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Stockton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Stockton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
872 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 872 fires within 5 miles of Stockton between 2002 and 2019, burning about 526 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 785 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stockton: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin Brick Plant | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Stockton Brick & Tile Co. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stockton in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 4 flood, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stockton | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in the westbound lanes of Cherokee Road and Sanguinetti Lane. |
| February 2026 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding in the slow lane. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway of Patrol reports the Alpine Ave on-ramp to I-5 N is flooded. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Stockton | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Stockton | - | The public reported hail with hail stones up to an inch in Stockton. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Stockton | - | There were numerous reports of roadway flooding in Stockton due to heavy rain and large amounts of small accumulating hail on May 19th. Law enforcement reported March Lane and Quail Lakes being shut down along with Hammer Lane between Lorraine Ave and Girardi Way due to flooding. |
| March 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Stockton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Stockton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Homestead (historical) | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fair Oaks | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| August | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Country Club | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Kennedy | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Akers | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Garden Acres | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln Village | 3.8 miles | 24 |
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 Stockton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q49240 | 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 1659872. 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.








