South Yuba City, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Yuba City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95993. The Survey maps it on the Gilsizer Slough quadrangle. It stands 52 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1911 USGS Gilsizer Slough quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gilsizer Slough quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
776 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 776 fires within 5 miles of South Yuba City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,574 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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 | 532 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | E 22ND ST / SAMPSON ST |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | MOTOCROSS |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | 2ND ST / A ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of South Yuba City: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Aggregates Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Speckert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spreckert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yuba River Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bogue | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Yupu (historical) | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Yuba City | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Colusa Junction | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tierra Buena | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Oswald | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Alemandra | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pease (historical) | 4.0 miles | 23 |
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 South Yuba City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q281789 | 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 1867060. 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.









