Yuba City, California
Sutter County
06-86972
Yuba City is a town in Sutter County in the U.S. state of California, with 64 925 inhabitants ( census 2010) and the county seat of administration.
- 3.1 employers
Geography
Geographical Location
According to the census of 2010, the city of Yuba City covers approximately 63.2 km ² and lies 64 km north of Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley to the coordinates 39 ° 8'5 " North, 121 ° 37'34 " West. The Feather River in the east border of the town.
Climate
In Yuba City prevails a Mediterranean climate with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. January is usually the wettest month and July is the driest. Heavy rain, especially due to the El Niño phenomenon or too much snow by winter storms can result in spring to high floods.
Snow in the valley is rather rare, only cold waves from the north bring light snow and ice. The dry season usually does not rain usually lasts from June to September; These are also typically the months with the highest temperatures.
History
Originally settled in the area Maidu Indians of the tribe when it came to first encounters with Spanish and Mexican expeditionary forces. A history of the name Yuba states that wild grapes were discovered during an expedition that grew on a river, and, accordingly, the country was genannat Uba, a modified spelling of the Spanish word for grape and many others.
The Mexican government granted John Sutter, a large land area, including the urban area of present-day Yuba City to build his private colony of New Helvetia. Sutter in 1849 sold part of its territory to entrepreneurs who wanted to found a city on the Feather River to build a trading center, which should provide the thousands of prospectors who moved upstream in the gold mining areas.
In 1856 Yuba City was after several votes on the county seat of Sutter County.
After the Second World War, the city experienced its first major influx of population, which has been converted into residential areas to the west and south of the original center green spaces in order to provide the drawn residents with accommodations can.
In December 1955 brought a series of heavy rain storms to Northern California, which led to flooding. As a result, the levels of the rivers, which consequently went over their banks and caused to dams rose. In Yuba City, the dam broke on Christmas Eve resulted in widespread destruction in the city center and 38 deaths.
Economy and infrastructure
Employer
According to the annual financial report of the city from the year 2010, the largest employers in the city can be found (in terms of number of employees ):
Twinning
- Japan Toride, Japan
Sons and daughters of the town
- Richard Buckner, singer and songwriter
- Marcie Dodd, singer and actress
- Wally Herger, politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987
- Brad Johnson, actor
- John J. Montgomery, aviation pioneer
- Michael P. Moran, actor and screenwriter
- Charlie Peacock, award-winning songwriter, musician and music producer
- Chris Petersen, head coach of the American football team Boise State
- Charlotte Stewart, Actress