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Bronco, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96111. It stands on Bronco Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boca quadrangle. It stands 5,348 feet above sea level.

Bronco within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bronco, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Bronco, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 35 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Bronco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,918 acres in total. 61 started naturally. 6 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Recreation and ceremony32
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTahoe National ForestRESERVOIR
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUARRY
4 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBOCA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestNORTH
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROSE
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSOMERSET
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBRONCO
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestACID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bronco: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hirschdale PitPumiceProducer
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
UnnamedGoldPast ProducerUnderground
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown
Volcanic Cinder DepositPumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Floriston0.6 miles35
Iceland0.8 miles35
Hinton2.8 miles35
Hirschdale3.1 miles34
Mystic3.5 miles35
Boca3.8 miles35
Union Mills5.0 miles34
Prosser (historical)5.5 miles36

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 Q4973838The 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 1693424. 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.