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Sultana, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dinuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93618. It lies near Barris Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orange Cove South quadrangle. 779 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

Sultana within Tulare County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sultana, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sultana, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

Sultana grew from 775 to 779 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
2010775
2020779+4 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Sultana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 931 acres in total. None started naturally. 143 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/incendiarism143
Missing data/not specified/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use60
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTulare UnitSULTANA
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTulare UnitMASSIE
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTulare UnitALTA#5
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitHUERTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCHURCH
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTulare UnitEAST
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitAGCAYAB
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFresno-Kings UnitHUNT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sultana: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dinuba Magnesite Co.MagnesitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sultana in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 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 2021FloodSultana-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to heavy rain at the intersection of E. Nebraska Ave. and Rd. 100 near Sultana.
June 1998HailSultana-The Ag Commissioner's Office reported the Sultana area of Northwest Tulare County was especially hard hit by this spring storm with hail a "quarter" in size. Moderate to severe damage occurred on 3478 acres of citrus and stone fruit...splitting the young fruit...with another 1000 acres light damage and scarring. In Visalia, a spotter reported hail generally at 3/4" but reaching up to 1" in size.

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
Tokay1.1 miles22
Enson2.1 miles23
Smyrna (historical)2.4 miles22
Dinuba2.5 miles23
Orosi2.8 miles22
Cutler3.2 miles22
North Dinuba3.3 miles23
Monson3.7 miles19

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 SultanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6646704The 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 1659912. 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.