County in California
Butte County, CA Temporary Kitchen Rental and Lease Options
Facilities in Butte County can rent a temporary commercial kitchen trailer, with dishwashing and emergency cold storage available alongside it. Emergency food service covers sudden outages, alongside planned renovations and construction projects. Short-term and long-term terms run from one week to monthly. Customers include government agencies, hospitals and hotels. Delivery, placement and utility connections are planned with your facility team. Contact us for availability and a quote in Butte County or Chico.
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The trailer- State
- California
- Land area
- 1,637 sq mi
- Places covered here
- 5
- FEMA declarations
- 37
Temporary kitchen rental for Butte County
A mobile kitchen trailer rental in Butte County is one of the quickest temporary commercial kitchen solutions: a fully equipped mobile kitchen on a pad, ready to connect to power and water. A project that crosses into Chico (about 102,911 residents) usually keeps one menu, one crew and one power plan, which is why the kitchen is chosen first.
Match the trailer to the menu: the 28ft Mobile Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 40ft Bulk Kitchen for more production room, and the 38ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.
Plan the connections together: 220V power, potable water in, wastewater out and a safe route for food deliveries. The local authority in Butte County decides which approvals a temporary kitchen needs. Mobile kitchens can be rented for one week or on monthly terms, including long-term leases for work that runs through a full construction season. Health rules are set locally, so a kitchen in Paradise or Gridley may face different steps than one here.
Cities and towns we cover in Butte County
Butte County has 5 places on this site. Each has its own page with local context.
- Chico: about 102,911 residents (2024 estimate)
- Oroville: about 19,712 residents (2024 estimate)
- Paradise: about 9,114 residents (2024 estimate)
- Gridley: about 7,355 residents (2024 estimate)
- Biggs: about 1,941 residents (2024 estimate)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates.
Butte County: emergencies, projects, access and costs
Emergencies that shaped recovery needs near Butte County
Federal records show Butte County designated in 37 declarations since 1964, led by wildfire (17 declarations) and severe storms (9 declarations). A project that reaches Chico should read that page too; it lists the declarations for its county.
The most recent is Park Fire (fire management assistance declaration, FM-5519), declared July 25, 2024, with the incident beginning July 24, 2024. Wildfire response brings long shifts for responders and rebuilding crews, and smoke or utility loss can take permanent kitchens out of service. The latest major disaster declaration is Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4769), declared April 13, 2024. By incident type, the count is wildfire 17, severe storms 9, flooding 6, dam or levee failure 1 and hurricane 1. By decade: 1960s 1, 1970s 2, 1980s 2, 1990s 6, 2000s 7, 2010s 11 and 2020s 8. Before that came Thompson Fire (FM-5502, July 2, 2024), Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4699, April 3, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (EM-3592, March 10, 2023), Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (DR-4683, January 14, 2023) and Bear Fire (FM-5363, September 9, 2020).
Between 2016 and 2025 the Storm Events Database recorded 98 county-based event records in Butte County, with flood events the most common at 90. The costliest event with a reported dollar figure was a flood in February 2017, with about $549 million in property damage. Flooding fouls kitchen equipment and drainage first, and a kitchen cannot reopen until it has been cleaned and inspected.
The National Interagency Fire Center maps 2 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more that started in Butte County since 2016, together covering about 433,394 acres. The largest was the Park fire in 2024, at 429,603 acres. Crews fighting and rebuilding after a fire eat on site for weeks, and the kitchens that fed the town may be the ones that lost power.
FEMA declarations apply to designated areas and do not say which individual buildings were affected.
Infrastructure work around Butte County
USASpending.gov lists 7 federal construction contracts of $500,000 or more with work in Butte County since October 2021, worth about $44 million together. In April 2024, the Department of Agriculture awarded a $1.1 million contract for “11 - Con - Disaster, Feather Falls Trail Reconstruction” in Butte County, with work running to November 2024 (award record). Crews on projects like this rarely have a restaurant nearby, which is the case for cooking on site with a rented kitchen and a dishwashing trailer. A job in Oroville (about 19,712 residents) raises the same crew-meal questions.
Major renovation in Butte County
No federal contract for repairing or modernizing a building is on record for Butte County. The nearest is in Yuba County, about 31 miles away. USASpending.gov shows a $22 million Department of Defense contract, “Renovate JR Enlisted Dorms 24110 24114 Beale Afb,” starting July 2023 in Yuba County (award record). Renovations like this are the usual reason an institution leases a mobile kitchen, because the permanent one cannot run while the work is under way. A remodel in Paradise would start from the same closure date and the same temporary-kitchen question.
Emergency access and staging near Butte County
In California, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) works with counties on emergency operations. Official staging areas and the roads that connect them to local emergency-management hubs are published by those agencies and should be checked there. Staging and access details differ again in Gridley, so check the published sources for that area before planning a route.
What a kitchen rental costs in Butte County
A quote for Butte County is built from the trailer you choose, the length of the rental, delivery distance and the setup the site needs. Starting points: the 24ft Mobile Kitchen from $4,995, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen from $7,995 and the 28ft Mobile Kitchen from $6,995. Prices may vary. Biggs is quoted on the same factors, but a different address can change delivery and setup terms.
Starting prices are guides, and prices may vary with location, rental length, delivery, setup and utilities. A written quote states the equipment, the rental period and what is included.
Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data, NCES school data and USASpending.gov (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.
Warewashing and cold storage for Butte County
Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 30ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, 3 phase, 200A. Kitchens in Gridley hit the same wall when the dish room closes before the cooking line does.
Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Butte County, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft Cooler Trailer, 32°F gives product somewhere cold to go. A walk-in that fails in Biggs starts the same clock on the stock inside.
A typical January night in Butte County drops to 37°F, a typical July afternoon reaches 93°F, and the county gets about 44 inches of precipitation in a year (NOAA, 1991 to 2020). July highs run about 5 degrees hotter than the average California county. In a wet climate the pad has to drain, so a rental kitchen is placed on firm, graded ground with a dry route for deliveries.
Recent federal declarations for Butte County
FEMA's records list these recent declarations for Butte County. They show the type of event that has interrupted normal operations in the county, not damage at a specific business.
- FM-5519, fire management assistance declaration: Park Fire, declared July 25, 2024
- FM-5502, fire management assistance declaration: Thompson Fire, declared July 2, 2024
- DR-4769, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared April 13, 2024
- DR-4699, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared April 3, 2023
- EM-3592, emergency declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared March 10, 2023
- DR-4683, major disaster declaration: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, declared January 14, 2023
- FM-5363, fire management assistance declaration: Bear Fire, declared September 9, 2020
- DR-4558, major disaster declaration: Wildfires, declared August 22, 2020
Browse connected geography
Crews and facilities working in Butte County often look at the counties around it too. The nearest ones are below, with the state and index pages.
- Yuba County: about 31 miles from Butte County, 26 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Glenn County: about 43 miles from Butte County, 19 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Sutter County: about 44 miles from Butte County, 18 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
- Tehama County: about 46 miles from Butte County, 23 FEMA declarations, 1 hospital listed by CMS
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Customers we support in Butte County
Expect requests in Butte County from government agencies, hospitals, hotels and school districts. A government facility kitchen rental is a typical first conversation, followed by questions about power, water and placement. Care homes in Chico and school kitchens in Oroville, places of about 102,911 residents and about 19,712 residents, lose their lines for different reasons, but the rental that answers them is the same.
CMS lists 3 hospitals in Butte County, 1 of them critical access: Enloe Health, Orchard Hospital and Oroville Hospital. Certified nursing care adds 9 homes and roughly 910 beds. Public schools here number 95, enrolling about 29,702 students, with Chico Unified, Oroville Union High and Oroville City Elementary among the larger districts (NCES).
- Government Facility Kitchen Rentals and Leasing: procurement timelines that need clear equipment and rental terms
- Hospital Kitchen Rental and Temporary Kitchen Trailers: a fire, flood or equipment failure that closes the kitchen with little warning
- Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: a need for emergency cold storage while the walk-in is repaired
- School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: central kitchens that need a temporary production line during modernization
Add only the facilities the site needs
Mobile kitchens in Butte County come first, and the rest follows from the site. Where crews live and work on site, shower trailer rentals (for example the 20ft Five-Stall Shower Container) and bunk bed sleeper trailer rentals (the 20ft Contractor Accommodation Unit) can sit beside the kitchen. We confirm the exact unit and price in a written quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get emergency refrigeration in Butte County?
Call the 24-hour line, give your address and describe the failure. Emergency refrigerated trailers are 20ft units listed at 32°F, 15°F and -5°F, and need a 220V single-phase supply rated 40 to 60A. Availability depends on the unit and location.
Can I rent a mobile kitchen in Butte County?
Yes. Mobile commercial kitchens are rented to facilities in Butte County for renovations, repairs and emergencies, from one week to monthly terms. Share your start date, meals per day and utilities and we will help match a model.
What do you need to quote a rental in Butte County?
The site address, start date, rental length, the kind of kitchen or storage needed, the number of people served, and the power, water and wastewater available on site. The rental planning form collects each of these.
Does a temporary kitchen in Butte County need approval?
The local health authority usually reviews temporary food-service facilities, and the rules differ by jurisdiction. Ask Butte County environmental health or the California health department what applies; we can supply equipment lists for the review.
Why Organizations Choose Emergency Commercial Mobile Kitchen Service
Facilities around Butte County rely on mobile commercial kitchen rentals when renovation, construction or equipment failure interrupts normal operations. Reliable equipment and clear coordination are what make that stop-gap work.
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Accelerated Deployment
Gathering utility and access details up front removes the common causes of setup delays.
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24/7 Emergency Service
A broken walk-in cooler or a kitchen shutdown can happen at any hour, and so can your call.
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End-to-End Project Support
From the first quote to placement, utility hookup guidance and pickup, one team stays on your project.
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Flexible Rental Solutions
Choose a short rental for an outage or a long lease for a renovation that runs for months.
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Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Trailer kitchens carry the same classes of equipment used in permanent commercial kitchens.
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Experienced Logistics Coordination
Trailer length, turning room and access are checked against your site before anything is scheduled.
Why clients trust usWhat we can confirm
- Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergency and planned rental requests.
- Rentals are for commercial and industrial customers: hospitals, schools, institutions, hotels, contractors and public agencies.
- Equipment and electrical requirements are listed on each model page, so you can check them against your site.
- Delivery, setup and pickup are coordinated with your facility team, with guidance on power, water and wastewater.
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Tell us the project location, the equipment you need, how long you need it and what is on site, and we will help match a trailer to the job. Emergencies and planned rentals both start here, or call the line any hour.
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