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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.

Live Oak within Sutter County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Live Oak, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Live Oak, surveyed 1888

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

Population over time

2 figures

Live 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,392
20209,106+714 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

209 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined110
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use33
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresButte UnitPAMMA,G
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitHWY99
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGILSTRAP
5 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresButte UnitLEVEE
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHWY 99 /E EVANS REIMER R
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitLARKIN
5 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresButte UnitCHANDON IC GRDLY FIRE
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitHWY 99

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Meyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sutter 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
Bihlman (historical)0.8 miles22
Riviera (historical)1.8 miles22
Sunset1.8 miles22
Mendoza (historical)2.9 miles23
Stafford (historical)3.4 miles23
Lomo3.9 miles23
Encinal4.2 miles23
Sanders5.0 miles23

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 OakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q253681The 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.