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Buchli, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94559. It stands on Carneros Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cuttings Wharf quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Buchli within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buchli, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Buchli, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Buchli between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,522 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined111
Equipment and vehicle use82
Smoking16
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEUCALYTUS
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePixley National Wildlife RefugeSOSCOL
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRPORT
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKELLY
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVER
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPAGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Buchli: 7 producers, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Mercury, Chromium. 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
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Napa River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sartori RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Brazos1.5 miles29
Cuttings Wharf1.5 miles29
Carneros (historical)1.6 miles29
Merazo2.1 miles29
Ratto Landing2.6 miles29
Stanley2.9 miles29
Squab3.2 miles29
Thompson3.2 miles29

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.

Wikipedia article on BuchliAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4982723The 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 252640. 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.