Strathmore, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Strathmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93267. The Survey maps it on the Lindsay quadrangle. 2,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1928 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 65 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 figuresStrathmore grew from 2,819 to 2,830 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 | 2,819 | |
| 2020 | 2,830 | +11 (+0%) |
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.
- 1928 USGS Lindsay quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Porterville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Lindsay 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
466 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 466 fires within 5 miles of Strathmore between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,412 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 149 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 149 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 88 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | KNUTSON |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tulare Unit | HARBISON |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE CALIFORIA #72 |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | ZIKE |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | LIME |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Central California District | ZIKE |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Tulare Unit | SINER |
| 30 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | DAVILA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Strathmore: 11 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Copper, Chromium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Crystal | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| E.A. Orton Property | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| James Mine | Chromium | Past Producer | 1915, 1916 | |
| James Mine | Chromium | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| Lewis Hill Chromite Prospect | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Gill Mine | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strathmore in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Strathmore | $5,500,000 | Television station report of several buildings, tractors and other goods were totally destroyed by about 6 feet of floodwater in Strathmore. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Strathmore | $1,000,000 | The Tulare County Emergency Manager reported that the eastern portion of town of Strathmore was inundated by rapidly rising flood waters with over 40 homes impacted with water ranging from several inches to several feet deep. |
| March 2000 | Flood | Strathmore | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2011 | Flood | Strathmore | $25,000 | Local TV broadcasters reported flooding in the town of Strathmore. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Strathmore | $5,000 | The CHP reported the Orange Belt Highway closed between Avenue 188 and Avenue 194 due to flooding. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Strathmore | - | California Highway Patrol reported Rd. 236 was closed between Ave. 196 and Ave. 200 in Strathmore due to flooding. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Strathmore | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding across all four lanes on Ave 196 at Rd. 230. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Portex (historical) | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mirador | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Prewit (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Zante | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Gillete | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Stout | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Sierra Heights | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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 Strathmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q947961 | 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 1652797. 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.










