Yuba City, California
25 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 95991. It lies near Willow Island. The Survey maps it on the Yuba City quadrangle. 70,117 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.
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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.


Population over time
3 figuresYuba City grew from 36,758 to 70,117 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36,758 | |
| 2010 | 64,925 | +28,167 (+77%) |
| 2020 | 70,117 | +5,192 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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 Yuba City quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
838 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 838 fires within 5 miles of Yuba City between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,613 acres in total. None started naturally. 64 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 | 568 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 45 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2019 | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | E 22ND ST / SAMPSON ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Yuba City: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Aggregates Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Simpson Lane Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Speckert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spreckert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yuba River Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yuba City in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2016: 3 funnel cloud, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Yuba City | $85,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Yuba City | - | There was abundant hail, up to 1 inch in diameter by a member of the public. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Yuba City | - | There was large amounts of hail, as large as 1 inch hail reported by the public. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Yuba City | - | There was hail as large as 1.25 inches reported by the public. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Yuba City | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Yuba City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Yuba City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Yuba City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yupu (historical) | 0.5 miles | 25 | |
| South Yuba City | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Colusa Junction | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Tierra Buena | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Berg | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Bogue | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Pease (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Alemandra | 3.8 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 Yuba City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q169948 | 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 1660222. 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.









