Westhaven, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Huron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93234. The Survey maps it on the Westhaven quadrangle. It stands 279 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1929 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1929 USGS Westhaven quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Westhaven quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Westhaven between 1992 and 2018, burning about 209 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | AQUEDUCT |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | GALE |
| 22 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON |
| 11 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | LASSEN |
| 8 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON # 16 |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON |
| 4 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON CITY #30 |
| 30 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | HURON 79 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westhaven in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westhaven | $25,000 | Three power poles were slightly blown over and a trampolene was blown over east of the intersection of Gale Ave. and Howard Ave. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Westhaven | $1,000 | The CHP reported flooding on Lassen Avenue at the Fresno-Kings County line. |
| March 2024 | Flood | Westhaven | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 198 near Goldenrod Ave. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Westhaven | - | California Highway Patrol reported SR 198 eastbound was flooded between Howard Ave. and Bishop Ave. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Westhaven | - | NWS storm survey team determined that an EF0 tornado touched down 6 miles east of Huron and was on the ground for less than 1 minute. Radar velocity profiles estimated 70 mph winds. Video of the circulation was posted on several social media networks. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Westhaven | - | Western Farm Press reported hail up to a half inch in diameter accumulated to around an inch on the ground and did considerable damage to cotton, onions, tomatoes and pistachios. |
| December 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Westhaven | - | Public report with photo posted on Twitter of a funnel cloud west of Lemoore NAS. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Westhaven | - | 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.
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 Westhaven | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7988874 | 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 251403. 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.
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.











