Findings of Fact, Site Location, and Information on
Oroville GFA P-58B, based on information provided by US Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Used Defense
Site (FUDS) document J09CA0891 of 1991
Site Location
Located at the Oroville Municipal Airport, app 4 miles southwest of downtown Oroville, 20 miles southeast of Chico and 24 miles north of Marysville, CA
Site History and Findings of Fact
The Air Force acquired the 0.25 fee acre site on Oct 1955 with the intent of constructing and operating an unmanned gap filler radar station.
Construction was never initiated and the property was conveyed back to the City of Oroville on Jan 6 1965.
At the time of the 1991 report, a new chain link fence paralleling Larkin road crossed the site. It is 20 ft from the road. A gravel road with an asphalt driveway crosses the site in a northwest-southeast direction, and gives access to the south end of the airport. Gateposts located about 40 ft from Larkin Road remain on the gravel road, but the gate was removed around 1990.
Site Map
A site location map was included in the report.