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Citrus, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Rancho Cordova census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95742. The Survey maps it on the Carmichael quadrangle.

Citrus within Sacramento County

Then and now

1891 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Citrus, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Citrus, surveyed 1891

On record in Citrus

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

316 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Citrus between 1993 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined234
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking15
Debris and open burning7
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
25 September 2010Missing 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 Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Citrus: 15 past producers, 13 producers, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, Silver, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
FolsomGold, Iridium, Osmium, PlatinumPast Producer1848, 1860, 1962
FolsomGold, SilverUnknown
Folsom DistrictGold, Silver, PlatinumProducer1849
Haggin Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mississippi Bar PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
American River AreaGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Natomas Co.Gold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Arden Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fair Oaks Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sacramento County

Storms near this place

9 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citrus in 9 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding along Highway 50 near Sunrise Boulevard from heavy rain.
April 2026FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on the Highway 50 westbound onramp at Sunrise Boulevard.
February 2026FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding with multiple puddles. All lanes were flooded and a hard closure was requested.
February 2026FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding blocking both lanes 1 and 2.
December 2025FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported one land of US Highway 50 West was flooded at Sunrise Boulevard, with several vehicles that had spun out.
November 2025FloodCitrus-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at US Highway 50 Westbound and Sunrise Boulevard.
January 2023FloodCitrus-There was roadway flooding at eastbound US Highway 50 and Sunrise Blvd.
January 2023FloodCitrus-Roadway flooding near Trade Center Drive in Rancho Cordova was reported by the California Highway Patrol.
December 2021FloodCitrus-Roadway flooding reported in multiple locations around the Sacramento metro region on 12/23/21. Reported storm total rainfall amounts in the area were in excess of 2.5 inches.

Every storm recorded in Sacramento 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
Soudan0.6 miles35
Salsbury (historical)0.9 miles35
Gold River1.7 miles31
Fairoaks Bridge (historical)1.9 miles35
Rancho Cordova2.3 miles35
Fair Oaks2.6 miles35
Nimbus3.1 miles31
Mather Field3.2 miles35

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 CitrusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29033877The 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 1658279. 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.