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Bagby, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95338. It lies near Flyaway Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hornitos quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.

Bagby within Mariposa County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bagby, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bagby, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Bagby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 95,095 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning12
Firearms and explosives use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresCentral California DistrictTAYLOR
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use15 acresCentral California DistrictCOTTON
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBEAR
5 September 2004Firearms and explosives use11 acresCentral California DistrictHUNTER
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictFIRE HOUSE
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictQUAIL
2 September 2006Firearms and explosives use11 acresCentral California DistrictHUNTER
18 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitHUNTERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 275 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 275 workings within 5 miles of Bagby: 89 past producers, 81 unknowns, 78 occurrences, 21 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adelaide and AndersonGold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1867
Asbestos ProspectAsbestosOccurrence
Bronsen Manganese ClaimManganeseOccurrence1917
Cotton CreekGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1937
DolmanGold, Silver, Copper, IronPast Producer1894
Jade-Bearing AreaGemstoneUnknown
La VictoriaCopper, ZincPast Producer1864, 1917
Pine Tree and JosephineGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Cobalt, NickelProducerVein
Pine Tree-Josephine MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1849
Platinum OccurencePlatinum, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mariposa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagby in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodBagby-Public report of a rockslide blocking northbound lanes of SR 49 a quarter mile south of Bagby.
December 2016FloodBagby-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding near Bagby Bridge on Highway 49.

Every storm recorded in Mariposa County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bear Valley3.1 miles31
Dogtown6.2 miles34
Newtown (historical)7.0 miles34
Coulterville7.6 miles34
Barrett8.2 miles28
Mount Bullion8.7 miles31
Briceburg8.9 miles32
Greeley Hill9.2 miles34

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BagbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4841496The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252799. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.