Sattley, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the East Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96124. It stands on Berry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sattley quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,947 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 110 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 figuresSattley fell from 49 to 44 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 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 44 | -5 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1890 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1955 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sattley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Sattley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Sattley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,357 acres in total. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.3 acres | Tahoe National Forest | DEERWATER |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | WOOD |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | WILD BILL |
| 25 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CHAPMAN |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | HARD |
| 20 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CALPINE |
| 20 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | COBURN |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | BIG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sattley: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Neck | Copper | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Hartman | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sattley in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 5 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 | Sattley | $6,800,000 | Flooding from creeks covered the intersection of Highways 49 and 89 in Sierraville on the afternoon of the 9th. Shallow water was photographed up against buildings at the Sierraville Ranger Station on the morning of the 10th. A washout caused the closure of Highway 49 between Sattley and Yuba Pass. Damage estimates are only for repairs to Highways 49 and 89 based on a CALTRANS report. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sattley | - | Trained weather spotter 1 mile south of Sattley reported 5.80 inches of rainfall from 20 March 1630PST to 22 March 1630PST. Before the 48-hour period, there was a foot of snow on the ground, which almost completely melted. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sattley | - | Hail size was estimated by spotter. |
| December 2002 | Heavy Rain | Sattley | - | Report of 3.37 inches of rain in 18 hours. |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Sattley | - | A spotter reported a storm precipitation total from the morning of November 7 to noon on November 10 of 10.25 inches. |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Sattley | - | Spotter reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.41 inches. |
| July 1999 | Heavy Rain | Sattley | - | Hail and heavy rain from thunderstorm produced over an inch of rain in about an hour. Estimated 0.5" to 0.75" hail reported with rain. 40 degree temperature drop in 1 hour. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Sattley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calpine | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Sierraville | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Randolph | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Clark Station Homesites | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Campbell Hot Springs | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Haskell Creek Homesites | 6.8 miles | 28 | |
| Carvin Creek Homesites | 8.0 miles | 28 | |
| Bassetts | 8.5 miles | 27 |
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 Sattley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6645324 | 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 232594. 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.








