Forest Ranch

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Forest Ranch

Total population

1,915

Median home value

$445,800

24.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$131,650

Forest Ranch$132k

National$74k

Elevation2415 m

Land area36.06 km²

Weather76°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates39.90°, -121.67°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Forest Ranch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States. It includes Forest Ranch Charter School (K-8), its own post office, and a CDF and Volunteer fire stations. The community's ZIP code is 95942, and is shared with the community of Butte Meadows. The area code is 530. Forest Ranch's population was 1,304 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Forest Ranch, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in California

• Paradise
  10.3 mi away
• Butte Creek Canyon
  10.6 mi away
• Butte Valley
  15.7 mi away
• Nord
  17.3 mi away
• Durham
  19.4 mi away · pop. 5,340
• Oroville
  28.2 mi away · pop. 20,042
• Orland
  29.2 mi away
• Oroville East
  29.5 mi away
• Proberta
  29.6 mi away
• Palermo
  33 mi away
• Forbestown
  33.3 mi away · pop. 90
• Paynes Creek
  33.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Forest Ranch

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Forest Ranch State of Mind Collection · 2019

The mountains of California

John Reid Muir · 1894

Land conveyance, Faraway Ranch, Mendocino National Forest, California

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources · 2002

Mendocino National Forest, California

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · 2004

The parasite Clinostomum marginatum in four centrarchids, in California ranch ponds

Thomas F. Newman · 1976

Economics of the utilization of commercial timberland on livestock ranches in northwestern California

Adon Poli · 1958

Eldorado Or Adventures In Path Of Empire

Bayard Taylor · 1850

Three Years in California

John David Borthwick · 1857

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 84 mi
• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Bug, Lassen, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-08 · 87 mi
• Wildfire FLORISTON, Nevada, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-16 · 94 mi
• Wildfire Hawk, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 95 mi
• Wildfire Hawk, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 95 mi
• Wildfire Fred Mt, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 97 mi
• Wildfire FELIZ, Mendocino, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 101 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Charidotella sexpunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Isabella Tiger Moth

Pyrrharctia isabella

Seen 2026-09-21

Rocky Mountain maple

Acer glabrum

Seen 2026-09-17

California Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia californica

Seen 2026-09-16

Vinegar Weed

Trichostema lanceolatum

Seen 2026-09-15

Pacific poison oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Seen 2026-09-15

Western Fence Lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-13

European heliotrope

Heliotropium europaeum

Seen 2026-09-10

Urn Gall Wasp

Phylloteras cupella

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).