Smartsville, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Yuba-Beale AFB census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95977. It lies near Meade Hill. The Survey maps it on the Smartsville quadrangle. 185 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresSmartsville grew from 177 to 185 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 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 185 | +8 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Smartville quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Wheatland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Smartville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Smartville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
385 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Smartsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,713 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 | 139 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 129 |
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | JOHN |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | MELODY |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | CHUCK |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | ROADSIDE |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Central California District | MOONEY |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | ROADSIDE |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | POKER |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HAMMONTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Smartsville: 28 occurrences, 19 past producers, 9 unknowns, 9 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkasas Traveler | Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Bitner Group | Copper, Gold, Aluminum, Magnesite | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite | |
| California Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clack Rock Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Dempsey Ranch | Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Parks Bar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Taylor | Iron, Copper, Gold | Producer | Vein | |
| Western World | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1973 | |
| Yuba Silica | Silica | Producer | ||
| California Gold and Copper | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucker Flat | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Timbuctoo | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Sicard Flat | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Browns Valley | 6.3 miles | 27 | |
| Hammonton | 6.6 miles | 27 | |
| Waldo Junction | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Rancho Loma Rica | 7.6 miles | 24 | |
| Marigold (historical) | 8.6 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 Smartsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6646592 | 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 1659684. 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.











