Tonyville, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lindsay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93247. It lies near Lindsay Peak. The Survey maps it on the Lindsay quadrangle. 329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1928 to 1993The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresTonyville grew from 316 to 329 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 | 316 | |
| 2020 | 329 | +13 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1928 USGS Lindsay quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Porterville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Lindsay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
401 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Tonyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,177 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 171 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 | 171 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | FRIANT |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | STATE CALIFORIA #72 |
| 6 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | ZIKE |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Central California District | ZIKE |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | VALLEY |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | S.J.V.R. #11 |
| 30 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | DAVILA |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ROCK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Tonyville: 16 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Chrysoprase | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Yokohl Valley | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| E.A. Orton Property | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Earl Smith Mine | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1916 | |
| Gill Ranch Chromite Deposits | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Unnamed Location | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Cole Property | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Cole Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gram | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tonyville in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2023 | Flood | Tonyville | - | Public report of roadway flooding at the intersection of Rd. 212 and Ave. 256. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Tonyville | - | California Highway Patrol reported flooding in the roadway at the intersection of Ave 250 and Rd. 216 due to debris blocking Culvert. |
| December 2016 | Heavy Rain | Tonyville | - | Mesowest indicated several reports of 1-1.5 in rain between 1600 PST and 0300 PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucca | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Sides (historical) | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Burr | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Grey Rocks (historical) | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Reynolds (historical) | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Vance | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hawkins (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| List | 2.7 miles | 20 |
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 Tonyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6148896 | 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 1661576. 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.










