North Auburn, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95603. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 13,452 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,470 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresNorth Auburn grew from 11,847 to 13,452 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,847 | |
| 2010 | 13,022 | +1,175 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 13,452 | +430 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1954 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,190 fires within 5 miles of North Auburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,619 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 70 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 | 523 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 334 |
| Debris and open burning | 158 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Smoking | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GERRY |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | EDGEWOOD |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SHAWNEE |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | AUBURN |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | AIRPORT |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | MEARS |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | LINE |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | CEADER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 253 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 253 workings within 5 miles of North Auburn: 86 past producers, 83 unknowns, 69 occurrences, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Chevreaux Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cool-Cave Valley Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Coulton Lime and Stone-Auburn Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Davenport Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Eclipse Consolidated | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Eclipse Consolidated | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Blossom | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Golden Stag | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Molybdenite | |
| Green Point Mercury and Uranium Psp | Mercury, Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millertown (historical) | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| Bowman | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Elders Corner | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Auburn | 2.4 miles | 33 | |
| Nielsburg | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| Ophir | 3.5 miles | 33 | |
| Clipper Gap | 4.3 miles | 33 | |
| Newcastle | 4.8 miles | 28 |
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 North Auburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1459504 | 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 1867045. 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.











