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The community of Pulga is located along the west slope of the Feather River canyon. A variant name for the community is Big Bar. Other nearby communities include Mayaro, Poe, and Parkhill. The town hosts a CalTrans highway maintenance station along California State Route 70 (SR70). This article treats the river in California. ...
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The Canyon Division of the Union Pacific Railroad runs trains through this vicinity daily. The route was originally built by the Western Pacific Railroad and is famous for scenic views from passing trains. Vista Dome cars were designed and built with the scenery on this route in mind. Today, the line is host to a constant string of lumbering freight trains. The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark UP) (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad network in the United States. ...
The Western Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark WP) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
Driving SR70 offers scenic views of the rocky gorge. Steel truss bridges along the highway underwent seismic retrofit work in 2004 to prepare them for the inevitable California earthquake. The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy in the crust that radiates seismic waves. ...
Cresta Powerhouse 39°49′35″N, 121°24′28″W and Camp Creek Powerhouse 39°49′37″N, 121°25′06″W are about 3 miles north of Pulga on SR70. Cresta was first put on line in 1949 and Rock Creek a year later. The area near these powerhouses is named Mayaro, California on some totpgraphic, highway, and railroad maps. Another community name, Cresta, is about one driving mile beyond the powerhouse of the same name.
Sources
- US Geological Survey, Pulga, California, 7.5 minute quadrangle, 1994.
- US Geological Survey, National Geographic Names Database.
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Oroville (County seat) • Biggs • Chico • Gridley • Paradise Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. ...
An incorporated place, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a type of governmental unit incorporated under state law as a city, town (except the New England states, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village and having legally prescribed limits, powers, and...
Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. ...
A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Biggs is a city located in Butte County, California. ...
Chico is a city in Butte County, California, United States. ...
Gridley is a city located in Butte County, California. ...
Paradise is a city located in Butte County, in the north of Californias Central Valley, some 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Chico and 100 miles (160 km) north of Sacramento. ...
Census-designated places
Concow • Durham • Magalia • Oroville East • Palermo • South Oroville • Thermalito A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ...
Concow is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Durham is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Magalia is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Oroville East is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Palermo is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
South Oroville is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Thermalito is a census-designated place located in Butte County, California. ...
Other unincorporated communities
Bangor • Berry Creek • Butte Meadows • Camp Eighteen • Centerville • Cherokee • Cohasset • DeSabla • Feather Falls
Forest Ranch • Inskip • Merrimac • Oregon City • Pulga • Richvale • Stirling City In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ...
Inside Butte County and about 1. ...
Berry Creek is about 12 miles northeast of Oroville in hilly terrain at 2,050 feet above mean sea level. ...
Butte County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento. ...
The community of Camp Eighteen lies inside Butte County and about 1. ...
Centerville is a Butte County community along Butte Creek. ...
Cherokee, California is an unincorporated town in Butte County, California. ...
People driving State Route 99 and Chico Airport users see the name Cohasset Road but many have not ever been to Cohasset. ...
While DeSabla is the official U.S. Geological Survey spelling, variant spellings include De Sabla, deSabla and de Sabla. ...
Feather Falls is a rural Butte County community north and east of Lake Oroville. ...
The community of Forest Ranch includes Forest Ranch Elementary School (K-6), its own post office, and a CDF fire station. ...
The US Geological Survey defines the community of Inskip as being located in Butte County at latitude/longitude . Elevation is listed as 4,816 feet above mean sea level (AMSL). ...
The community named Merrimac is a town site along Oroville-Quincy Road about 2. ...
Oregon City, between Oroville and Cherokee in Butte County, California, was one of the first mining camps in the county. ...
Richvale is a small farming community (estimated population 250) in Butte County, California, south of Chico and west of Oroville. ...
USGS satellite photo of Stirling City Stirling City is an unincorporated village in Butte County, California, located on Paradise Ridge in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. ...
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