Lava Beds, California

Coordinates: 39°28′27″N 121°34′13″W / 39.47417°N 121.57028°W / 39.47417; -121.57028

Lava Beds
Former settlement
Lava Beds

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°28′27″N 121°34′13″W / 39.47417°N 121.57028°W / 39.47417; -121.57028
Country United States
State California
County Butte County
Elevation[1] 151 ft (46 m)

Lava Beds is a former settlement in Butte County, California. It lay at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m). It remained on maps as late as 1895. It was a community of Chinese miners, located near Pacific Heights, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-northwest of Palermo.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lava Beds, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 289. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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