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Bonnefoy, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95642. It lies near New York Ranch Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.

Bonnefoy within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonnefoy, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bonnefoy, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Bonnefoy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,605 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 29 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined99
Equipment and vehicle use94
Debris and open burning79
Arson/incendiarism29
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking7
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPINE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLINTON
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictSHAKERIDGE
5 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitREDBERRY
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 327 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 327 workings within 5 miles of Bonnefoy: 140 occurrences, 79 past producers, 71 prospects, 22 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Allen RanchGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
AnitaGold, Copper, IronPast ProducerGold, Iron
Ayers, CharlersStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Black WonderGold, Copper, Iron, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
BostonGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Central EurekaGold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1855
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
DigitalliManganeseUnknown
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Amador County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonnefoy in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindBonnefoy$2,000There were 2 trees reported down into powerlines by the California Highway Patrol. Winds gusted to 41 mph at Westover Field - Amador County Airport.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBonnefoy$1,000Tree down across the westbound lane of SR88. There was a gust of 45 mph measured at Mount Zion RAWS.

Every storm recorded in Amador 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
Jackson1.5 miles29
Scottsville1.8 miles29
Martell2.4 miles29
Milligan District (historical)2.8 miles29
Sutter Hill2.9 miles30
Sutter Creek3.5 miles30
Irishtown (historical)4.5 miles28
Clinton4.5 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 Q4942175The 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 1658108. 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.