Tipton, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tipton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93272. It stands on Mitchell Slough. The Survey maps it on the Tipton quadrangle. 2,519 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1925 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 68 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 figuresTipton fell from 2,543 to 2,519 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 | 2,543 | |
| 2020 | 2,519 | -24 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1925 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:31680
- 1928 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Tipton 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
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Tipton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 938 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SOUTHERN PACIFIC 22 |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SOUTHERN PACIFIC 23 |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | TURKEY # 4 |
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Tulare Unit | STATE OF CA #100 |
| 28 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | SIMOES |
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Tulare Unit | ALEXANDER-EDISON#5 |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tulare Unit | ST.OF CA#111 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tipton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tipton in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 funnel cloud, 3 flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $10,000 | California Highway Patrol reported several trees down on northbound State Route 99 just south of the State Route 190 interchange. |
| February 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Tipton | $5,000 | A weather spotter reported that a tornado knocked over a power pole in Tipton then rose into the clouds. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tipton | - | Public report of a large standing pool of water all the way into the northbound lanes of SR. 99 at the Ave. 152 offramp in Tipton. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Tipton | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding on S. Thompson Rd. near E. Klindera Ave. in Tipton. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Tipton | - | Posts on Facebook and Twitter of a funnel cloud near Tipton. |
| February 2017 | Flood | Tipton | - | California Highway Patrol reported road flooding on Road 128 between State Route and Avenue 152 east of Tipton. |
| November 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Tipton | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Road 152 and Avenue 128 and verified with pictures from the media. |
| March 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Lightning | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Tipton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfac (historical) | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Quail | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lairds Corner | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Octol | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lowes Corner | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Pixley | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Woodville | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 7.7 miles | 22 |
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 Tipton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2849923 | 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 1652801. 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.












