BlockVanished settlements of Butte County, California
The Geographic Names Information System records 35 places in Butte County, California that are no longer settlements. The government mapped every one of them, and those sheets survive.
No longer settlements
35A place leaves this list only by being unmade: the post office closes, the mine works out, the road moves. The name stays in the federal gazetteer, flagged historical, and the topographic sheets that recorded it stay in the archive.
| Where in the county | Place | Where it stood | Nearest place today | Mapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidwell Bar | in Bidwell Bar Canyon, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 5.0 miles south-east of Hurleton | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Bidwell | in Bidwell Bar Canyon, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 4.3 miles north-west of Oregon City | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Big Ripples | near Bloomer Ravine, Berry Creek quadrangle | 2.8 miles north-west of Cherokee | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Blinzing | on Chino Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-east of Hughes Place | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Bloomer | in Bloomer Ravine, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 2.9 miles north-west of Cherokee | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Brush | on French Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 2.2 miles north of Hughes Place | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Chandon | Gridley quadrangle | 1.9 miles north-west of Fagan | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Craig | near Oregon Gulch, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 3.5 miles south of Hurleton | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| David | on Rock Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.3 miles south of Big Bend | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Enterprise | on Powell Creek, Forbestown quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-west of Hurleton | 27 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Eskini | Chico quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-east of Durham | 28 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Flea Valley | near Flea Mountain, Pulga quadrangle | 2.6 miles south-east of Pulga | 25 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Gold Lake | on Foreman Creek, Soapstone Hill quadrangle | 0.9 miles south-east of Merrimac | 24 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Gridley Colony Number One | Gridley quadrangle | 1.2 miles west of Fagan | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Gridley Colony Number Two | Gridley quadrangle | 0.9 miles north of East Gridley | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Haselbusch | Biggs quadrangle | 2.2 miles south of East Biggs | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Hawk Ravine | near Deadman Ravine, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 3.0 miles south-east of Hurleton | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Hume | Biggs quadrangle | 0.9 miles south of East Biggs | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Isaiah | on Stony Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.7 miles south-west of Big Bend | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Land | near Bidwell Bar Canyon, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 4.3 miles north-west of Oregon City | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Las Plumas | near Shields Gulch, Berry Creek quadrangle | 2.2 miles north-east of Big Bend | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Lava Beds | Palermo quadrangle | 1.8 miles north-east of South Oroville | 25 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Lorraine | Biggs quadrangle | 2.8 miles north of Oroville Junction | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Michopdo | Chico quadrangle | 0.9 miles east of Chico | 28 sheets, 1891 to 1980 | |
| Moseley | on Wild Yankee Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.5 miles east of Berry Creek | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Nelson Bar | on Hodapp Creek, Cherokee quadrangle | 2.2 miles east of Yankee Hill | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1994 | |
| New Blinzing | on Chino Creek, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.2 miles north-east of Hughes Place | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Pipers | near Shields Gulch, Berry Creek quadrangle | 1.6 miles north-east of Big Bend | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Quartz | near Oregon Gulch, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 3.4 miles south-west of Oroville | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Richland | Biggs quadrangle | 1.3 miles north of East Biggs | 22 sheets, 1888 to 1993 | |
| Soto | on Singer Creek, Vina quadrangle | 1.0 miles west of Merrills Landing | 18 sheets, 1904 to 1987 | |
| South Fork | near South Bidwell Hill, Oroville Dam quadrangle | 3.5 miles south-east of Hurleton | 29 sheets, 1888 to 1980 | |
| Swedes Flat | on Swedes Flat, Rackerby quadrangle | 3.6 miles north of Hurleton | 26 sheets, 1888 to 2002 | |
| Wagners | on Kenebeck Creek, Cascade quadrangle | 1.1 miles north-east of Nelsons Crossing | 28 sheets, 1888 to 1994 | |
| Yuman | Oroville quadrangle | 0.1 miles north-east of Oroville | 29 sheets, 1891 to 1980 |
Provenance
- Which settlements are gone. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. A place is listed here when the federal gazetteer flags its record historical; that is the government's judgement, not this site's.
- Where each one stood. The gazetteer's own coordinates, and the nearest named landform and quadrangle from the same file.
- Distance and direction to the nearest surviving place. Computed here from the gazetteer coordinates of both places, straight line, to the nearest tenth of a mile.
- Sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The count is of sheets covering the site, so it describes how often the AREA was surveyed and not how long the settlement lasted.