Wayfarrow

Flea Valley

Ghost town · Butte County, California

Pulga quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Pulga quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Flea Valley is a ghost town in Butte County, California. It is one of 37 former communities in Butte County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Flea Valley as a historical populated place on the Pulga topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.8296° N, 121.4830° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePulga
Elevation3,701 ft
Nearest living townConcow, CA
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1723857
Coordinates39.82961, -121.48303

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Flea Valley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Concow, CA (population 174), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,701 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Flea Valley?

Flea Valley is in Butte County, California, at 39.8296, -121.4830.

How many ghost towns are in Butte County?

Butte County, California has 37 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.