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.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresSultana 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 775 | |
| 2020 | 779 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1922 USGS Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1923 USGS Sultana quadrangle1:31680
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Orange Cove South quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1966 USGS Orange Cove South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
385 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 143 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 112 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Tulare Unit | SULTANA |
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | MASSIE |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | ALTA#5 |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | HUERTA |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | CHURCH |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | EAST |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | AGCAYAB |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HUNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dinuba Magnesite Co. | Magnesite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flood | Sultana | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to heavy rain at the intersection of E. Nebraska Ave. and Rd. 100 near Sultana. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sultana | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokay | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Enson | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Smyrna (historical) | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Dinuba | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Orosi | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cutler | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| North Dinuba | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Monson | 3.7 miles | 19 |
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 Sultana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6646704 | 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 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.












