YUBA CITY

city, seat (1856) of Sutter county, north-central California, U.S. It lies in the Sacramento Valley, at the junction of the Feather and Yuba rivers. It was laid out during the California Gold Rush of 1849 on the site of an Indian village. The head of river navigation (until the channel filled with mining debris), it developed as an agricultural centre. The city's basic food-processing economy has been supplemented by steel fabrication, light manufacturing, and Beale Air Force Base (15 miles east). Natural gas is tapped from Sutter Buttes (12 miles west). Yuba College (1927) is across the Feather River in neighbouring Marysville. Inc. 1908. Pop. (1990) city, 27,437; Yuba City MSA, 122,643.