Clipper Mills, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95930. It stands on Grizzly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clipper Mills quadrangle. 160 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,550 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresClipper Mills grew from 142 to 160 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 142 | |
| 2020 | 160 | +18 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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 Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Mooreville Ridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Clipper Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Clipper Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Plumas National Forest | JACK |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DIGGER |
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | SAWDUST |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FORBESTOWN |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | WOODLEAF |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | RAVINE |
| 28 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | GARDEN |
| 27 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | LOST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 96 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 96 workings within 5 miles of Clipper Mills: 48 occurrences, 20 past producers, 16 unknowns, 8 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Chromium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Delle | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Delle | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Bank Consolidated Quartz | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Horse Shoe | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Horseshoe | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Arbucco Prospects | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Bean Prospect | Manganese, Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Butte Co Pine and Hardwood Co | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Clipper Mills | Nickel | Occurrence | 1955 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroleve | 1.2 miles | 29 | |
| Forbestown | 5.9 miles | 27 | |
| Lumpkin | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Rogerville | 6.4 miles | 29 | |
| Camp Eighteen | 6.5 miles | 28 | |
| Old Forbestown | 6.5 miles | 27 | |
| Feather Falls | 6.7 miles | 27 | |
| Wagners (historical) | 8.9 miles | 28 |
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 Clipper Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5134380 | 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 1655908. 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.











