Paradise, California
| Paradise, California | |||
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| Town of Paradise | |||
Welcome to Paradise sign on Clark road
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 Location in Butte County |
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 Paradise, California
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| Coordinates: 39°45′35″N 121°37′17″W / 39.75972°N 121.62139°WCoordinates: 39°45′35″N 121°37′17″W / 39.75972°N 121.62139°W | |||
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 California
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| County | Butte | ||
| Incorporated | November 27, 1979 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Greg Bolin | ||
| • State senator | Jim Nielsen (R) | ||
| • Assemblymember | James Gallagher (R) | ||
| • U. S. rep. | Doug LaMalfa (R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 18.322 sq mi (47.455 km2) | ||
| • Land | 18.308 sq mi (47.418 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.014 sq mi (0.037 km2) 0.08% | ||
| Elevation | 1,778 ft (542 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 26,218 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 26,283 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (550/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 95967, 95969 | ||
| Area code | 530 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-55520 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277573, 2413111 | ||
| Website | Paradise, California | ||
Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, California. It is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley.
The town is statistically classified within the Chico Metropolitan Area.
The town of Paradise is 10 miles (16 km) east of Chico and 85 miles (137 km) north of Sacramento. The population was 26,283 as of 2013, down from 26,408 at the 2000 census.
It spreads out on a wide ridge between deep canyons formed by the west branch of the Feather River to the east and Butte Creek to the west. The Paradise area extends northward from Paradise to include the unincorporated town of Magalia, and such smaller communities as Stirling City, eleven miles north. Elevation of the town is 1,778 feet (542 m), according to the GNIS. The town is approximately eight miles east of the city of Chico, and ten miles north of the Oroville area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.3 square miles (47 km2), over 99% of it land.
Soils are mostly well drained reddish brown loam, gravelly in some cases and often grading to clay loam or clay with increasing depth. They have developed on volcanic material. Paradiso is by far the most common soil series in town.
The first post office was established at Paradise in 1877; it closed for a time in 1911, but was re-established later that year, when the post office at Orloff was closed. Paradise incorporated in 1979. For many years, the Butte County Railroad operated trains along the ridge, serving mines and sawmills.
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