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Sicard Flat, California

unincorporated community in California

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ7507399 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sicard Flat is an unincorporated community in Yuba County, California, United States. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west-northwest of Smartville, at an elevation of 348 feet (106 m). The name honors Theodore Sicard, miner and merchant, who settled here in 1848.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sicard Flat, California” as unincorporated community in California. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sicard, Flat and California.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1848—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sicard, Flat and California providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sicard Flat, California”, the useful work is to connect “unincorporated community in California” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7507399. Authority coordinates are 39.231, -121.346. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1848.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sicard Flat, California” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.