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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.

Strathmore within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Strathmore, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Strathmore, surveyed 1928

Population over time

2 figures

Strathmore 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,819
20202,830+11 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

466 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism149
Missing data/not specified/undetermined141
Equipment and vehicle use88
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Smoking23
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitKNUTSON
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitHARBISON
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE CALIFORIA #72
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictZIKE
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTulare UnitLIME
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresCentral California DistrictZIKE
5 September 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresTulare UnitSINER
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitDAVILA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue CrystalCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
E.A. Orton PropertyTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationTalc-SoapstoneProspect
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915, 1916
James MineChromiumPast Producer1915
Lewis Hill Chromite ProspectChromiumProspect
Gill MineCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodStrathmore$5,500,000Television station report of several buildings, tractors and other goods were totally destroyed by about 6 feet of floodwater in Strathmore.
January 2023FloodStrathmore$1,000,000The 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 2000FloodStrathmore$50,000no account filed
January 2011FloodStrathmore$25,000Local TV broadcasters reported flooding in the town of Strathmore.
January 2011FloodStrathmore$5,000The CHP reported the Orange Belt Highway closed between Avenue 188 and Avenue 194 due to flooding.
January 2023FloodStrathmore-California Highway Patrol reported Rd. 236 was closed between Ave. 196 and Ave. 200 in Strathmore due to flooding.
March 2023FloodStrathmore-California Highway Patrol reported flooding across all four lanes on Ave 196 at Rd. 230.

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
Abilene0.4 miles18
Portex (historical)1.8 miles18
Mirador2.0 miles18
Prewit (historical)2.2 miles18
Zante2.3 miles23
Gillete2.3 miles18
Stout2.8 miles18
Sierra Heights2.9 miles18

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 StrathmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q947961The 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.