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.
Then and now
1893 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Hornitos quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Hornitos quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 use | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Central California District | TAYLOR |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Central California District | COTTON |
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BEAR |
| 5 September 2004 | Firearms and explosives use | 11 acres | Central California District | HUNTER |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | FIRE HOUSE |
| 26 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | QUAIL |
| 2 September 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 11 acres | Central California District | HUNTER |
| 18 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.4 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | HUNTERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 275 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide and Anderson | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Asbestos Prospect | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Bronsen Manganese Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | 1917 | |
| Cotton Creek | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Dolman | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | 1894 | |
| Jade-Bearing Area | Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| La Victoria | Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1864, 1917 | |
| Pine Tree and Josephine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | Vein | |
| Pine Tree-Josephine Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Platinum Occurence | Platinum, Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Bagby | - | Public report of a rockslide blocking northbound lanes of SR 49 a quarter mile south of Bagby. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Bagby | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding near Bagby Bridge on Highway 49. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Valley | 3.1 miles | 31 | |
| Dogtown | 6.2 miles | 34 | |
| Newtown (historical) | 7.0 miles | 34 | |
| Coulterville | 7.6 miles | 34 | |
| Barrett | 8.2 miles | 28 | |
| Mount Bullion | 8.7 miles | 31 | |
| Briceburg | 8.9 miles | 32 | |
| Greeley Hill | 9.2 miles | 34 |
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 Bagby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4841496 | The 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.











