Citrus California Map

About Citrus, California

Citrus is a locality in Sacramento County, California, United States. It has a population of 10,243. The population density is 4514.7 people per km². Citrus is located at 34.1134°N, 117.8913°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 91702, 95742, 91722.

Citrus occupies a quiet expanse of the interior plains where the landscape flattens into an unassuming geometry of sun-bleached grasses and sparse, hardy oaks. It lies 2.3 miles east-northeast of Rancho Cordova, CA (from Rancho Cordova, CA: bearing 58°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east of Arden-Arcade. The Folsom South Canal cuts a stark, linear path through the terrain, its concrete banks acting as a rigid spine for the sprawling neighborhood blocks that define Citrus. During the long, dry afternoons, the air grows heavy with a dry, kinetic heat that settles over the pavement, while the distant, hazy blue of the Coast Ranges provides a faint, serrated edge to the western horizon. Residents often gravitate toward the shade of Dave Roberts Community Park, a patch of green that offers a necessary reprieve from the relentless intensity of the summer sun.

Life in Citrus reflects the steady, utilitarian pulse of a region shaped by the development of water infrastructure and the slow encroachment of suburban expansion. The proximity to Lake Natoma, only a few miles distant, colors the local rhythm, drawing those who favor the stillness of the water or the quiet paths that wind toward Nimbus Flat. While the economy remains tethered to the broader regional shifts of the interior, there is a persistent, grounded character here, found in the way light catches the dust motes at twilight or the sound of wind moving through the dry, golden fields. It is a place defined by its inland isolation, where the absence of the coast is replaced by the expansive, open horizon of the central plains.

About This Citrus Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Citrus, California. Coordinates: 34.113438, -117.891301. 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 Citrus includes the ZIP code (91702, 95742, 91722), telephone area code (530, 818, 747), county seat of Sacramento County (Sacramento), and school district assignment (Azusa 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.