Tierra Buena, California
23 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 Sutter quadrangle. 5,436 people lived here at the 2004 count. It stands 59 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 23 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 Sutter quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Sutter quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
662 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 662 fires within 5 miles of Tierra Buena between 1997 and 2020, burning about 742 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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 | 461 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 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 |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | 2ND ST / A ST 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tierra Buena: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Coast Aggregates Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Spreckert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yuba River Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tierra Buena in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 2019 | Flood | Tierra Buena | - | Roadway flooding reported by CHP at 1619 Poole Blvd, Yuba City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colusa Junction | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Alemandra | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pease (historical) | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Nuestro | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| South Yuba City | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Yuba City | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Yupu (historical) | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Berg | 3.0 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 Tierra Buena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3303176 | 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 1659999. 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.









