Tisdale, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Meridian-Robbins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95957. The Survey maps it on the Tisdale Weir quadrangle.
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
- 1912 USGS Tisdale Weir quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Tisdale Weir quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sutter Buttes 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
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Tisdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER NORTH THREAT |
| 15 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | HUGHES |
| 25 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | OTTER 1 |
| 8 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER 2 |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER NWR #2 |
| 6 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER NWR #1 |
| 4 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | SUTTER 1 |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sutter National Wildlife Refuge | HUGHES ROAD #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tisdale: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tisdale 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flood | Tisdale | - | Sutter County OES reported the closure of Highway 99 to Highway 113 due to flooding from heavy rain. At least 5 other roads were closed within the 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660005. 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.









