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Bonetti, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South El Dorado census division. It lies near Bear Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Old Iron Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,632 feet above sea level.

Bonetti within El Dorado County

Then and now

1889 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonetti, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Bonetti, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Bonetti between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,063 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 8 were 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
Recreation and ceremony62
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresEldorado National ForestMORMON 2
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestBALTIC
8 September 1996Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitBENNETT
7 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSECOND
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresEldorado National ForestSNOW
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMEISS
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEldorado National ForestCAPPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Bonetti: 18 unknowns, 17 occurrences, 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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
CosumnesGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Cosumnes Melton, Middle EndLead, Silver, Gold, CopperProducer
Cosumnes MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Eagle KingGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Golden TraceGold, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
N.R.AGold, SilverPast Producer
BalticGoldPast ProducerGold
BalticGoldUnknown
BalticGoldOccurrence
Day & TaylorGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Bryants3.3 miles34
Gilberts3.3 miles34
Voss3.7 miles34
Griminger3.9 miles34
Grizzly Flat4.7 miles31
Darlington4.7 miles34
Caldor4.9 miles30
Pilliken5.4 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q4941761The 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 1658106. 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.