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Arboga, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Olivehurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95961. It stands on Reeds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olivehurst quadrangle. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Arboga within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Arboga, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Arboga, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

145 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Arboga between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined106
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism2

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arboga: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Marilyn DredgeGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuba County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arboga in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 2 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1997Flash FloodArboga3 killedno account filed
March 2018Tornado (EF0)Arboga$1,000Tornado touchdown observed by Yuba County deputies at Yuba County. Minor damage was observed, including ripped tarps and objects knocked over. Another touchdown was observed and videoed in an open field, about a mile to the north. No damage was observed at the second touchdown location.
February 2018Funnel CloudArboga-A funnel cloud was reported near Plumas Lake. No touchdown was observed.
June 2017Funnel CloudArboga-A funnel cloud was observed by a spotter from the town of Olivehurst, visible over the Plumas Lake area. Multiple members of the public also reported seeing a funnel cloud in the area. Video footage seen on social media suggests the funnel cloud at least came close to touching down in a heavily forested area, but no damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Yuba 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
East Arboga0.4 miles24
Pearson1.4 miles24
Plumas Lake2.1 miles24
Ostrom2.7 miles24
Olivehurst3.1 miles24
Alicia3.8 miles24
Algodon (historical)4.3 miles20
Yuba (historical)4.7 miles24

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 ArbogaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4784734The 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 1657942. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.