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1967. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) is a state park unit of California, United States, surrounding Lake Oroville, a reservoir on the Feather River. It is located in Butte County outside Oroville, California. The 29,447-acre (11,917 ha) park was established in 1967. [1]
Lake Oroville [1] is a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River, located in Butte County, northern California. The lake is situated 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the city of Oroville , within the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area , in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada .
California State Route 162. State Route 162 (SR 162) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs roughly west–east through the Coast Ranges and the Sacramento Valley to the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It begins at U.S. Route 101 near Longvale, in Mendocino County, and ends at Brush Creek, in Butte County.
North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain are two prominent basaltic mesas overlooking the city of Oroville, California. They lie a few miles north of Oroville in Butte County, California. In the scientific literature, both mesas are also known as North Oroville Table Mountain and South Oroville Table Mountain in order to differentiate them ...
Website. www.buttecounty.net. Butte County (/ ˈbjuːt / ⓘ) is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. [6][7] The county seat is Oroville. [8] Butte County comprises the Chico, California, metropolitan statistical area.
Oroville Dam. Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and flood control.
95940, 95965, 95966. Area code. Area code 530. FIPS code. 06-54386. Website. cityoforoville.org. Oroville (Oro, Spanish for "Gold" and Ville, French for "town") is the county seat of Butte County, California, United States. Its population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 2000 census.
3,315 acres (13.42 km 2) Established. August 23, 1993. Governing body. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of 3,315 acres (13.42 km 2) located three miles (5 km) north of Oroville, in Butte County, northern California. The land was acquired by the state in October, 1993.