Tehama, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96090. It stands on Rodeo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Los Molinos quadrangle. 435 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Tehama
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 1 record
Molino Lodge Buildinglisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresTehama grew from 418 to 435 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 | 418 | |
| 2020 | 435 | +17 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1905 USGS Tehama quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Los Molinos quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
645 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 645 fires within 5 miles of Tehama between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,972 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 35 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 | 260 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 170 |
| Debris and open burning | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | TORRES, L. |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MAGNOLIA |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GRANT |
| 7 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | WORTHINGTON |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | TRUCKEE |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | GUTIERREZ,P |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROADSIDE |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROWEN,C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tehama: 9 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vina Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Clement Avenue Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Doyle Pit #17 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fox's Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Piedmont Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Richfield Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Creek Extraction | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomes Creek Gravel Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tehama in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2012 | Flash Flood | Tehama | $5,000 | Several hours of heavy rainfall from training storms caused local flooding in low-lying areas in Shasta County and parts of north Tehama County. Redding airport received approximately 1.75 inches of rain from 10am Nov. 20 to 10am Nov. 21st, but approximately 1.25 inches of that occurred from 2am-10am Nov 21st. Shasta Dam received approximately 3.50 to 4 inches of rain in that 24 hour period. The Corning area received approximately 0.37 inches. KRCR reported flash flooding at Hall Road along Thomes Creek where the creek rose significantly and flooded the low-lying area. At approximately 815am, a man from a vehicle had to be rescued by a CalFire helicopter as the car became mostly submerged in rushing water after driving across Hall Rd that was water-covered from the swollen creek water. The rushing water swept his vehicle. Other areas nearby were reported to have ponding of water on the roads. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Tehama | - | Fifth street in the city of Tehama, leading into Gyle Road was closed. |
| December 2014 | Flood | Tehama | - | There were closures numerous roads near Tehama City, between Red Bluff and Corning. These include Rawson Road-North of Gyle Road, Rawson Road-between Corona Ave and Chittenden, Rawson Road-between Dusty Way and Chard Ave,|Cone Grove Road, Christian Road, Ingraham Road, Woodland Avenue, Tehama Avenue,|Flores Avenue, Capay Road, Shasta Boulevard between 8th and 62nd, Craig Avenue|Hamilton Avenue (Gerber Area), Corning Road (Rawson Road to Black Butte), Bray Avenue, Electric Avenue, Barham Avenue at Finnell Avenue, Gyle Road from Hwy 99w through the City of Tehama, and Kauffman Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Molinos | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Gerber | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| El Camino | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Ensign (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kiska | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Las Flores | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Proberta | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Richfield | 4.6 miles | 17 |
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 Tehama | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2205944 | 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 1659964. 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.






