Briceburg (formerly, Bear Creek) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Mariposa County,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It is located on the

Merced River The Merced River (), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and st ...

near the confluence with Bear Creek, north-northwest of Midpines. It is accessed via a bridge over the Merced River that connects Highway 140 with Briceburg Road. The bridge is a suspension bridge built by the US Forest Service in 1937 and constructed by 30 Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees. Forest Service Engineer J. W. Nute was in charge of construction. The community name honors William M. Brice, who built a store at the location in 1926. After a 2019 fire, Pacific Gas & Electric decided to create a self-reliant power system rather than rebuilding poles and wires to serve the remote community. The stand-alone power grid includes solar panels, batteries and a backup generator.

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub