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Butte County is a county in northern California. In the 2010 census, the population was 220,000. The county seat is Oroville.
Paradise is a town in Butte County, California, United States in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 26,218. On November 8, 2018, a major wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of Paradise and much of the adjacent communities of Magalia, Butte Creek Canyon, and Concow.
In geomorphology, a butte is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word butte comes from a French word meaning knoll ; its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the southwest where mesa is used for the larger landform. Due to their distinctive shapes, buttes are frequently landmarks in plains and mountainous areas. To differentiate the two landforms, geographers use the rule of thumb that a mesa has a top that is wider than its height, while a butte has a top that is narrower than its height.
Butte Creek is tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California, United States. About 93 miles (150 km) in length, it runs through much of Butte County, California. It travels through a spectacular mini-Grand Canyon as it reaches the Sacramento Valley floor, where it then flows somewhat south and west of the city of Chico towards the southwestern corner of the county.
Area code 530 is a California telephone area code in northeastern and Northern California.
Centerville is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California along Butte Creek. It was midway between Helltown and Diamondville. The area is about one and three quarters miles, straight-line distance, west of Paradise.
Enterprise is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It was located 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Forbestown on the South Fork of the Feather River, at an elevation of 902 feet. In 1968, it was inundated by Lake Oroville.
Helltown is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Paradise, at an elevation of 873 feet.
Nelson Bar is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It was located 5.25 miles (8.45 km) southeast of Paradise on the West Branch of the Feather River, at an elevation of 974 feet. It is now under Lake Oroville.
Swedes Flat is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It lay at an elevation of 1375 feet. It still appeared on maps as of 1895.
Yankee Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, California. It is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-southeast of Paradise, at an elevation of 1982 feet. The population was 333 at the 2010 census.
Orloff is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Paradise and 14.5 miles (23.3 km) east of Chico. A post office operated at Orloff from 1905 to 1911 when it was re-located to Paradise. Orloff was named for Orloff Miller, an early settler.
Optimo is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Paradise.
Diamondville is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Paradise. The town was named for James Diamond. In the 1870s, Diamondville was on the stage coach route to Chico, 11 miles (18 km) distant; fares averaged 10 cents per mile. Cretaceous fossils were reported to be found from Butte Creek below Diamondville. In an 1884 report published by the United States government on the production of precious metals in the United States, Diamondville was described as "an old mining town. .. occupied by one or two ranchers and only mined by Chinese."
Whiskey Flat, California may refer to:
Whiskey Flat is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on the Feather River. |Butte Creek]] 5.25 miles (8.4 km) north-northwest of Paradise.
Whiskey Flat is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located on Feather River 5.25 miles (8.4 km) north-northeast of Paradise.
Paradise, California is an incorporated town in Butte County, California
The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, and the most expensive natural disaster in the world in 2018 in terms of insured losses.
The Superior Court of California, County of Butte, also known as the Butte County Superior Court, is the branch of the California superior court with jurisdiction over Butte County.
References
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 249. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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