Paradise (California)

Paradise
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Location in California
Paradise
Basic data
Foundation :	November 27, 1979
State :	United States
State :	California
County :	Butte County
Coordinates :	39 ° 46 ′  N , 121 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 46 ′  N , 121 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	26,682 (as of 2017; estimate)
Population density :	564.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	47.3 km 2  (about 18 mi 2 ) of which 47.3 km 2  (about 18 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	542 m
Postcodes :	95967, 95969
Area code :	+1 530
FIPS :	06-55520
GNIS ID :	0277573
Website :	www.townofparadise.com

Paradise is a city ( town ) in Butte County in the US state of California , United States , with about 26,700 inhabitants (2017). The urban area has a size of 47.3 km².

The forest fires in California in 2018 , the city was almost completely destroyed.

location

Paradise is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills . The next larger town is Chico, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) to the west . Sacramento is about 140 kilometers (90 miles) further south.

history

The area of ​​today's Paradise was inhabited by the Maidu people before the arrival of the whites. A major influx into the area occurred during the gold rush . A post office was set up in 1857 and a railway connection was established in 1904. However, Paradise was not raised to the rank of town until 1979 after a referendum.

Some scenes from Gone With the Wind were shot in Paradise.

In June 2008 a large fire , the so-called Humboldt Fire, reached the city. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and 10,000 residents had to be evacuated . In July, another conflagration, the camp fire, was approaching. There was another evacuation, but the fire was kept away from the place by a river.

Burned house in Paradise, eight months after the devastating Camp Fire

In 2018 there was another fire disaster. The fire broke out on the morning of November 8th at Camp Creek and was therefore called " Camp Fire ". It was favored by drought and strong winds. The major fire was probably caused by flying sparks on a Pacific Gas & Electric overhead line. caused. On November 8, 2018, the evacuation of 27,000 people was ordered because of the approaching fire. On the evening of November 8th, the authorities reported that Paradise had been almost completely destroyed and was on fire. 86 people died during the Camp Fire , the most damaging fire in California in 2018.

The main inner belt asteroid (2791) Paradise is named after the city.

sons and daughters of the town

• Jake McLaughlin (born 1982), actor

Web links

Commons : Paradise (California)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Cause of fire in California. It was the power lines on May 16, 2019 on tagesschau.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Biggest forest fire in the history of California | DW | 08/07/2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Homepage of the City of Paradise
3. ^ History of Paradise on the Town of Paradise homepage
4. ↑ Majid Sattar: Verlorenes Paradies, in: FAZ No. 268, November 17, 2018, p. 3.
5. ↑ No stranger to fires, Paradise, California, had cheated death twice before , The Desert Sun, November 9, 2018.
6. ↑ Paradise wildfire: Fast-moving flames consume homes BBC of November 8, 2018.
7. ↑ Eyed in California fires, Pacific Gas & Electric utility has pushed for lighter penalties , NBC News dated November 13, 2018.
8. ↑ Northern California sheriff's spokeswoman says 27,000 in town of Paradise ordered to flea fast-moving wildfire , Tampa Bay News, November 8, 2018.
9. ^ Paradise, Calif., Destroyed By Wildfire, Authorities Say NPR, November 8, 2018.
10. ↑ 2018 saw the worst forest fires in history , Spiegel Online from January 8, 2019.
11. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed September 15, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 CA. Discovered 1977 Feb. 13 by SJ Bus at Palomar. "