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Sutter, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sutter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95982. The Survey maps it on the Sutter Buttes quadrangle. 2,997 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Sutter within Sutter 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 Sutter, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Sutter, surveyed 1888

Population over time

2 figures

Sutter grew from 2,904 to 2,997 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
20102,904
20202,997+93 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

57 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sutter between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,641 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresSutter National Wildlife RefugeSUTTER NORTH THREAT
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unitnot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sutter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sutter: 4 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Myers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown
Butte Ranch Borrow SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehead Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sutter Buttes QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Fork American RiverGoldUnknown
Number TwoGoldUnknown
Secret TownGoldUnknown
Sunset & RiversideGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sutter County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutter in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024FloodSutter-California Highway Patrol reported water running down the road and into standing water with all lanes affected at Franklin Road and Acacia Avenue due to heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Sutter 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
Mount Vernon0.9 miles25
Butte House (historical)1.1 miles23
Alemandra3.5 miles23
Tierra Buena4.6 miles23
Dean Place4.6 miles25
Pease (historical)4.9 miles23
Colusa Junction5.0 miles23
Nuestro5.1 miles23

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 SutterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3306183The 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 255919. 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.