Live Oak, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Live Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95953. The Survey maps it on the Gridley quadrangle. 9,106 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 79 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.


On record in Live Oak
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 2 records
Live Oak Historic Commercial Districtlisted 1998
West Butte Schoolhouselisted 2016
Population over time
2 figuresLive Oak grew from 8,392 to 9,106 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 | 8,392 | |
| 2020 | 9,106 | +714 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Gridley quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gridley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Gridley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Live Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Butte Unit | PAMMA,G |
| 7 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | HWY99 |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GILSTRAP |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Butte Unit | LEVEE |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HWY 99 /E EVANS REIMER R |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | LARKIN |
| 5 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Butte Unit | CHANDON IC GRDLY FIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | HWY 99 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Live Oak: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihlman (historical) | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Riviera (historical) | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Sunset | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Mendoza (historical) | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Stafford (historical) | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lomo | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Encinal | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Sanders | 5.0 miles | 23 |
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 Live Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q253681 | 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 277541. 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.









