Yokuts Valley, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93675. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Mountain quadrangle. 3,564 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,631 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 60 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 figuresYokuts Valley grew from 3,162 to 3,564 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 | 3,162 | |
| 2020 | 3,564 | +402 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1922 USGS Trimmer quadrangle1:96000
- 1924 USGS Dinuba quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Dunlap quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1966 USGS Tucker Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Yokuts Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,990 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | ANTELOPE LN SQUAW_VALLEY |
| 7 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | COSTA |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | GEORGE |
| 30 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | RUTH HILL |
| 29 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | CLEAR VIEW |
| 28 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | PUMA |
| 24 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | RUTH |
| 20 September 1992 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | GEORGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Yokuts Valley: 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Mica, Gold, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Boyd & Slater Claim | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Discovery Claim | Gold | Unknown | ||
| E D Kean Ranch Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Ruth Hill | Mica | Producer | ||
| Ruth Hill | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Ruth Ranch Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Trewick - Houghton Property | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite | |
| Trewick-Houghton Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Clingan Scheelite | Tungsten | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlap | 6.7 miles | 23 | |
| Navelencia | 8.3 miles | 23 | |
| Piedra | 8.6 miles | 30 | |
| Orange Cove | 8.7 miles | 22 | |
| Avocado | 9.0 miles | 30 | |
| Gravesboro | 9.0 miles | 30 | |
| Oakhurst (historical) | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Rodgers Crossing | 10.7 miles | 25 |
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 Yokuts Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2141628 | 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 1659853. 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.












