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South Yuba, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Linda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95961. It stands on Yuba River. The Survey maps it on the Yuba City quadrangle. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

South Yuba within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The 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 sheet of South Yuba, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of South Yuba, surveyed 1888

On record in South Yuba

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

848 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 848 fires within 5 miles of South Yuba between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,606 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined569
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism62
Equipment and vehicle use60
Misuse of fire by a minor50
Smoking32
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural1

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/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitE 22ND ST / SAMPSON ST
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitMOTOCROSS
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHWY 20 / PLANTZ RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Yuba: 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Garcia Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marysville Rock Products CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pacific Coast Aggregates IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Simpson Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Speckert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spreckert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yuba River Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Oliver (historical)0.6 miles25
West Linda0.6 miles24
Yuba (historical)0.9 miles24
Marysville1.4 miles25
Alicia1.6 miles24
Linda1.8 miles25
Binney Junction2.2 miles25
Olivehurst2.7 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q7569013The 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 1659831. 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.