Explore Deleven, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Deleven, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Deleven.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Deleven |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Colusa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 39.354167 |
| Longitude | -122.19 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 95955, 93516 |
| Area Code | 530, 760 |
| County Seat | Colusa |
Deleven occupies a quiet expanse of flat, sun-drenched plains where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky of pale, persistent blue. It lies 32.0 miles southwest of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 216°T), and is situated 13.7 miles northwest of Colusa. The earth here possesses an ochre warmth, shifting to muted gold as the summer heat settles over the grasses and oak savanna. Hunters Creek traces a thin, verdant line through the terrain just a mile away, its seasonal flow providing a vital ribbon of moisture that sustains the local flora. To the distant west, the silhouette of the Coast Ranges marks the limit of the view, appearing as a hazy, indigo smudge against the setting sun. The proximity of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the air is often filled with the distant, rhythmic calls of migratory birds, their movements tracing patterns across the vast, open canopy of the valley.
Deleven emerged from the necessity of the land, growing outward from the agricultural demands of a region defined by its fertile, expansive soil. The local economy remains tethered to these cycles of growth and harvest, with the steady pulse of seasonal labor defining the cadence of the days. While the modern world moves with a quickened pace, Deleven retains a deliberate stillness, an inheritance from the generations who shaped the fields and managed the irrigation that feeds the surrounding rows. Ten miles away, the rugged topography of McDowell Canyon offers a stark contrast to the level plains, reminding inhabitants of the geological shifts that underpin the entire region. Even the light here feels different, filtered through the fine dust of the plains until it takes on a heavy, honeyed quality that softens the sharp edges of the grain silos and weathered fences at the end of every afternoon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deleven, California. Coordinates: 39.354167, -122.19. 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 Deleven includes the ZIP code (95955, 93516), telephone area code (530, 760), county seat of Colusa County (Colusa), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |