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Wyandotte, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Palermo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It lies near Cleveland Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bangor quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Wyandotte within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wyandotte, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wyandotte, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

1,056 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,056 fires within 5 miles of Wyandotte between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,678 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 171 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/undetermined371
Equipment and vehicle use253
Arson/incendiarism171
Debris and open burning142
Misuse of fire by a minor60
Smoking23
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionR61D
9 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitBANGOR
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresButte UnitPALERMO
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitKOKANEE
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte UnitWYNDOTTE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresButte UnitLODGEVIEW DR KELLY_RDGE
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRUBBS
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Wyandotte: 17 occurrences, 8 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Hammett Talkings RockStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Phoenix MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
StenersonGold, SilverPast Producer
Unknown NameClayUnknown
Oroville South PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Blue Lead MineGoldOccurrence
Blue Lead MineGoldUnknown
Dredge TailingsGoldPast Producer
Dutch RavineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyandotte in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
February 2025FloodWyandotte-California Highway Patrol reported significant flooding in the northbound lane of Oro Bangor Highway and Mission Crest Drive.

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Palermo4.0 miles25
Hawk Ravine (historical)4.2 miles29
Swedes Flat (historical)5.0 miles26
Hurleton5.1 miles25
Vista Robles5.2 miles25
South Oroville5.2 miles25
Quartz (historical)5.4 miles29
Lava Beds (historical)5.5 miles25

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 WyandotteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8039456The 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 238207. 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.