Greenville, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95925. It stands on Little Oregon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Challenge quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 112 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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,013 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 11 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 | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DIGGER |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FRENCHTOWN |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FULTON |
| 3 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | PIKE |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1889 |
| 28 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | GARDEN |
| 28 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SUMMIT |
| 27 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5,745 acres | Central California District | WILLIAMS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Greenville: 18 occurrences, 9 past producers, 7 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbucco Prospects | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Dobbins Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Shoe | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Horseshoe | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Occurrence | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Clemens Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite | |
| Clemens Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Big Chief | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Rock | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Fay | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullards Bar (historical) | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Foster Bar (historical) | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Garden Valley (historical) | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Challenge | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Dobbins | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Sharon Valley | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Frenchtown | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| Brownsville | 5.5 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656052. 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.












