Biggs California Map

About Biggs, California

Biggs is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,964. The population density is 847.3 people per km². Biggs is located at 39.4124°N, 121.7128°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Biggs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 95917.

Biggs occupies a flat expanse of fertile earth where the horizon stretches wide beneath an unyielding, pale sky. It lies 10.9 miles southwest of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 230°T), and is situated 3.5 miles north-northwest of Gridley. Hamilton Slough carves a quiet, deliberate path through the landscape, its presence marked by the rustle of reeds and the sudden, sharp flight of birds disturbed from the water’s edge. The land here remains stubbornly level, a vast stage for the play of light that shifts from the bleached gold of noon to a deep, bruised violet as the heat dissipates into the evening. Only when the air is exceptionally clear can the distant, jagged outlines of the Coast Ranges be glimpsed, a faint silhouette far to the west that reminds the traveler of the immense, solid weight of the continent.

Biggs maintains a steady, rhythmic pulse tied to the seasons of the soil, where the economy draws its strength from the cycles of planting and harvest that define the surrounding fields. Generations have worked this plain, building a character forged in the silence of the sun-drenched afternoons and the communal focus of the harvest. Families gather at Biggs Family Park, a modest green space that anchors the locality, while the proximity of Thermalito Afterbay offers a cooling stillness to the heat of the summer months. Though the bustling world moves on, life in Biggs keeps a measured pace, anchored by the slow movement of the slough and the enduring, quiet labor of those who have made this stretch of earth their own.

About This Biggs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Biggs, California. Coordinates: 39.412388, -121.712751. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Biggs includes the ZIP code (95917), telephone area code (530), county seat of Butte County (Oroville), and school district assignment (Biggs Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.