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Bruceville, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95757. The Survey maps it on the Bruceville quadrangle.

Bruceville within Sacramento County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bruceville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Bruceville, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bruceville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use30 acresCentral California DistrictFRANKLIN
17 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeI5 ELKGR
6 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI
27 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeLODI LEVEE
24 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California District22
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
29 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD
22 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined422 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeELK GROVE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento 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
Point Pleasant2.5 miles27
Franklin3.6 miles22
Arno (historical)4.3 miles22
Lambert (historical)4.6 miles27
Hicksville5.0 miles22
Hood Junction5.3 miles27
Need5.4 miles22
Oo-moo-chah (historical)5.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252639. 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.