Nubieber California Map

About Nubieber, California

Nubieber is a locality in Lassen County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 19. The population density is 9.8 people per km². Nubieber is located at 41.0957°N, 121.1830°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96068.

Nubieber occupies a vast, high-altitude plateau where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the sky. It lies 54.5 miles north-northwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 330°T), and is situated 29.0 miles east-northeast of Burney. The landscape around Nubieber is defined by expansive, grassy plains that transition into the rocky, rugged terrain of Rawl Canyon just three miles to the west. To the east, the ground levels out into a quiet, arid expanse, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the western view like a permanent, snow-dusted boundary. Water moves slowly through this high country, marked by the persistent, winding path of Egg Lake Slough, which cuts through the sagebrush a mile from the center of the grid. Nearby, the water of Thompson Reservoir holds a flat, metallic reflection of the clouds, providing a cool stillness that contrasts with the heat radiating off the sun-baked soil during the long summer afternoons.

Life in Nubieber remains tied to the cycles of the earth and the quiet persistence of the high desert economy. Local rhythms are dictated by the remnants of the old railroad lines that once funneled timber and livestock toward larger markets, leaving behind a legacy of weathered wood and iron tracks. Residents often find their way to Clara Beiber Memorial Park, a modest stretch of land three miles away that serves as a quiet gathering point in an otherwise wide-open geography. The air here is thin and sharp, carrying the scent of dry bunchgrass and basalt, and the silence of the plains is rarely broken by anything more than the wind rattling through the fence lines. It is a place where the scale of the landscape dwarfs the human footprint, leaving the buildings to stand as small, solitary markers against the immense, shifting light of the high plains.

About This Nubieber Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nubieber, California. Coordinates: 41.095721, -121.183029. 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 Nubieber includes the ZIP code (96068), telephone area code (530), county seat of Lassen County (Susanville), and school district assignment (Big Valley Joint 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.