Butte City, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Willows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95920. It lies near Hanson Island. The Survey maps it on the Butte City quadrangle. It stands 89 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Butte City quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Butte Sink quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Butte City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Butte City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Butte City between 1993 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | SUL NORTE BRIDGE |
| 6 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | LLANO 2 |
| 3 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | PACKER |
| 3 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | P-TREE |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | DRUMHELLER |
| 24 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | DRUMHELLER |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | PACKER ISLAND #1 |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge | SUL NORTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Butte City: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, PGE, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Jennie | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Putah Creek | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Golden Gate Consolidated Qtz. Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Good Enough | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Star Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Olson # 1 & 2 | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butte City in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flood | Butte City | - | California Highway Patrol reported closure of Highway 162 north at County Road Z due to flooding from heavy rain. |
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.
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 Butte City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5002791 | 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 1658183. 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.










