Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chowchilla, California
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Chowchilla — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chowchilla in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chowchilla
The readers mapped around Chowchilla break down as 14 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Robertson Boulevard — 4 readers
- East Robertson Boulevard — 2 readers
- South 5th Street — 1 reader
- Road 16 — 1 reader
- South 15th Street — 1 reader
- Chowchilla Boulevard — 1 reader
- Avenue 26 — 1 reader
- Road 15 1/2 — 1 reader
- South Chowchilla Boulevard — 1 reader
- North 9th Street — 1 reader
Chowchilla in the Madera County picture
Madera County has 52 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #936 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 158,790 residents and 4,164 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 38.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic.
Camera activity around Chowchilla, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Chowchilla. Latest change logged Aug 18, 2026.
What’s watching Chowchilla
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Chowchilla — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chowchilla (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Chowchilla
- On the agenda: Chowchilla meeting — surveillance camera (Aug 19)
- On the agenda: Chowchilla meeting — LPR camera (Apr 28)
- On the agenda: Chowchilla meeting — surveillance camera (Aug 20)
What you can do in Chowchilla
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Chowchilla
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).