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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.

Yokuts Valley within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Yokuts Valley, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Yokuts Valley, surveyed 1922

Population over time

2 figures

Yokuts 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,162
20203,564+402 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

213 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use66
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning19
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitANTELOPE LN SQUAW_VALLEY
7 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitCOSTA
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFresno-Kings UnitGEORGE
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitRUTH HILL
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitCLEAR VIEW
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitPUMA
24 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitRUTH
20 September 1992Smoking7.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitGEORGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Boyd & Slater ClaimGoldUnknown
Discovery ClaimGoldUnknown
E D Kean Ranch DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Ruth HillMicaProducer
Ruth HillMicaPast Producer
Ruth Ranch DepositGraphiteOccurrence
Trewick - Houghton PropertyManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite
Trewick-Houghton ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Clingan ScheeliteTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fresno County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dunlap6.7 miles23
Navelencia8.3 miles23
Piedra8.6 miles30
Orange Cove8.7 miles22
Avocado9.0 miles30
Gravesboro9.0 miles30
Oakhurst (historical)10.2 miles23
Rodgers Crossing10.7 miles25

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2141628The 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.