Arbee, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95932. The Survey maps it on the Meridian quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Arbee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Colusa Grammar Schoollisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Colusa Carnegie Librarylisted 1990 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1888 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1912 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sutter Buttes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Arbee between 1999 and 2017, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | COL T5 |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | HIGHWAY 20 |
| 18 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | COLT1.1 |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | BUTTE SINK |
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | COLUSA REFUGE |
| 27 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colusa National Wildlife Refuge | 20COLUSA |
| 22 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge | COLUSA SHOOTING CLUB #2 |
| 21 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arbee: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortina Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colusa | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Colusa Rancheria | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| West Butte | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Sycamore | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Williams | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Delphos | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cortena | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Stegeman | 10.3 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4784632 | 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 1657941. 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.









