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Bonnie View, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It stands on Paradise Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint John Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,943 feet above sea level.

Bonnie View within Colusa County

Then and now

1951 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonnie View, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Bonnie View, surveyed 1951

Compare 1951 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Bonnie View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54,862 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1

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
30 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino National ForestSUMMIT
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestSNOW MOUNTIAN
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestST JOHN
27 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestHIGH ROCK
23 September 2006Recreation and ceremony4.8 acresMendocino National ForestSNOW
23 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestWINDY
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMendocino National ForestGLADES
21 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestDIXIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colusa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bonnie View: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Marble, Dimension. 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
NyeMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
Cyote ClaimChromium, ManganeseOccurrence
Moon Glade ProspectChromiumOccurrence
P & C ClaimsChromiumOccurrence
Bickford PropertyManganeseProspect
Big Stoney Creek MineManganeseProspect1942
Big Stony CreekManganeseUnknown
Big Stony Creek RockridgeManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane
Black Diamond Manganese DepositManganeseProspect
Black Diamond Manganese MineManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Colusa 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
Fouts Springs2.3 miles13
Stonyford7.5 miles13
Lodoga11.8 miles12
Devils Elbow13.8 miles12
Sites19.0 miles18
Leesville19.2 miles14
Mills Orchards22.9 miles18
Lurline (historical)25.8 miles17

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 Q4942458The 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 1658109. 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.