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Buckeye, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95634. It lies near Hotchkiss Hill. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. It stands 2,949 feet above sea level.

Buckeye within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buckeye, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Buckeye, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

368 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,013 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 26 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
Debris and open burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use47
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes8
Smoking7

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 2015Smokingunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitCROZIER
9 September 2014Other causesunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitMILED
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitLONGVIEW
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestMACE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestWENTWORTH
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreEldorado National ForestSHOEMAKER
5 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCentral California DistrictGRAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 288 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 288 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 148 occurrences, 80 unknowns, 54 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Copper, Silver. 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
B.C.A. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Georgetown AreaNickelOccurrence1849
GreenChromium, GoldProducerChromite, Gold
Ruby ConsolidatedGold, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Gold
Ruby ConsolidatedChromium, Gold, IronPast Producer1917
ContrabandCopper, AsbestosPast ProducerVein
ContrabandCopper, AsbestosUnknown
BaldersonTungstenOccurrence
BaldersonTungstenOccurrence
Buffalo Bill DepositManganeseUnknown1942

Every working recorded in El Dorado 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
Balderson Station2.4 miles32
Georgetown2.4 miles32
Buffalo Hill2.8 miles32
Fornis4.0 miles32
Volcanoville4.0 miles32
Meadow Brook4.8 miles32
Garden Valley5.8 miles32
Quintette5.9 miles34

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 Q4983046The 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 1658157. 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.