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Rackerby, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95972. It lies near Brown Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Rackerby quadrangle. 210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.

Rackerby within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 114 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rackerby, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Rackerby, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Rackerby grew from 204 to 210 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
2010204
2020210+6 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 26 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

366 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Rackerby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,051 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined135
Equipment and vehicle use98
Debris and open burning58
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,311 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWILLOW
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreButte UnitMERCY
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMARTIN
8 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFRENCHTOWN RD / WILLOW GL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined496 acresNorthern California DistrictSWEDES
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLA PORTE
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresButte UnitGIPSON
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresNorthern California DistrictFORBESTOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Rackerby: 18 occurrences, 13 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper. 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
New York Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pearson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Phoenix MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Bootjack Iron DepositIronProspect
OsgoodIronProspect
Little Red BearGold, SilverPast Producer
Paquette PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Rose PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
AbbieGoldUnknown
Bates A CGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rackerby in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindRackerby$1,000California Highway Patrol reported downed trees into power lines on La Porte Road.

Every storm recorded in Yuba 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
Brownsville4.5 miles26
New York Flat (historical)5.1 miles26
Sharon Valley5.8 miles29
Frenchtown5.8 miles26
Oregon House6.6 miles24
Stanfield Hill6.7 miles24
Oak Grove (historical)6.8 miles24
Challenge7.1 miles29

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 RackerbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6645177The 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 1659452. 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.