El Prado is a former settlement in Fresno County, California.

[1][2] It was located at the junction of the San Joaquin and Eastern and the Southern Pacific Railroads 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northwest of Clovis.

It initially known as "Nopac Siding", before it was changed to El Prado (The Meadow) shortly after its construction.

[1][5][6] A clash between Southern Pacific Railroad Police, and the Industrial Workers of the World occurred in January 1913, when the railroad police assaulted the members of the I.W.W.

for passing literature to train passengers, and laborers going through El Prado.