Turlock, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Turlock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95380. The Survey maps it on the Turlock quadrangle. 72,740 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 102 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1917 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Turlock
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 2 records
Turlock Carnegie Librarylisted 1993
Turlock High School Auditorium and Gymnasiumlisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresTurlock grew from 68,549 to 72,740 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 | 68,549 | |
| 2020 | 72,740 | +4,191 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Irwin quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Turlock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Merced quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Turlock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,180 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 145 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HWY 99 S/ BRADBURY RD |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GOLDEN STATE BL / GRIFFIT |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HWY 99 N/ BRADBURY RD OF |
| 29 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GOLDEN STATE BL / GRIFFIT |
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 Turlock: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Lind Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turlock in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 2 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Heavy Rain | Turlock | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Heavy Rain | Turlock | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Turlock | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Turlock | - | Funnel cloud reported briefly visible from West Linwood Ave., Turlock, CA. |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Turlock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denair | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Chemurgic | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Keyes | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hatch | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Esmar (historical) | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hughson | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Montpelier | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Ceres | 9.1 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 Turlock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1011205 | 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 277622. 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.









