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Dayton, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Durham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95928. It stands on Dubock Slough. The Survey maps it on the Chico quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Dayton within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dayton, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Dayton, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Dayton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitSKYWAY
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHEGAN
8 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButte UnitTROXEL RD DRHM
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMIDWAY1
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMIDWAY2
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitMIDWAY3
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresButte UnitBROWN ST DRHM
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHICKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dayton in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 4 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
January 2026FloodDayton-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at River Road and Ord Ferry Road from heavy rain.
January 2023FloodDayton-Glenn County OES and broadcast media reported flooding on Ord Ferry Road due to flooding of the Sacramento River. Glenn County preemptively closed the road January 13 due to Sacramento River at Ord Ferry forecast point forecast to rise above flood stage. Flood stage was exceeded at 0600 this morning.
February 2019FloodDayton-Swift water team and Butte County Search and Rescue responded to Ord Ferry Road after the driver of a semi-trailer truck attempted to cross a flooded road.
January 2017FloodDayton-River Road between Chico River Road and Ord Ferry Road was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Roble3.7 miles28
Eskini (historical)3.8 miles28
Durham3.8 miles28
Barber5.0 miles28
Rancho Llano Seco5.1 miles26
Stirling Junction5.5 miles28
Chapmantown5.8 miles28
Chico5.8 miles28

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 DaytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5243470The 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 1655954. 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.

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.