Honcut, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Palermo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. The Survey maps it on the Honcut quadrangle. 306 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 108 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.


Population over time
2 figuresHoncut fell from 370 to 306 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 | 370 | |
| 2020 | 306 | -64 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Honcut quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gridley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Honcut quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
372 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Honcut between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,906 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 | 156 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 115 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #2 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #4 |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT #3 |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | PALERMO IC GRD FIRE |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | LOWER |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Butte Unit | DUNSTONE |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | PALERMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Honcut: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammett Talkings Rock | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Henry J Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kaiser, Henry J. Co. Betchel-Kaiser Rock Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Lund | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lund | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honcut in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Honcut | $549,000,000 | A mass evacuation of over 180000 people located downstream of Oroville Dam was ordered for a possible flash flood, due to the projected near failure of the emergency spillway. The emergency spillway was used when the main spillway was discovered to have suffered severe erosion during releases back on and around February 7th. Releases from Lake Oroville had been increased due to rising lake levels due to inflow from heavy rains.||A presidential disaster declaration provided $274 million for emergency response costs from Feb. 7 though the end of May. The money targeted stabilizing the emergency and main spillways, as well as debris removal and work on the downed Hyatt Powerplant. A bid for long term repairs to the spillway was accepted at $275 million. Together, these total $549 million, though final costs could be much higher. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Honcut | - | California Highway Patrol reported 2 inches of water covering both lanes at Ramirez Road and Fruitland Road from heavy rain. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Honcut | - | Roadway flooding was reported at Lower Honcut Road and Ramirez Road. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Honcut | - | Fire department officials spotted the tornado as it briefly touched down in southern 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Robinsons Corner | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sunnyslope | 6.0 miles | 27 | |
| Vista Robles | 6.4 miles | 25 | |
| Gridley Colony Number One (historical) | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Chandon (historical) | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Gridley Colony Number Two (historical) | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| East Gridley | 7.2 miles | 22 |
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 Honcut | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6645346 | 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 225509. 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.









