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.
Then and now
1891 to 1976The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1976 USGS Placerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
368 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Other causes | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CROZIER |
| 9 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | MILED |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | LONGVIEW |
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | MACE |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | WENTWORTH |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | SHOEMAKER |
| 5 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Central California District | GRAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 288 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.C.A. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Area | Nickel | Occurrence | 1849 | |
| Green | Chromium, Gold | Producer | Chromite, Gold | |
| Ruby Consolidated | Gold, Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite, Gold | |
| Ruby Consolidated | Chromium, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Contraband | Copper, Asbestos | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Contraband | Copper, Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Balderson | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Balderson | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Buffalo Bill Deposit | Manganese | Unknown | 1942 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balderson Station | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Georgetown | 2.4 miles | 32 | |
| Buffalo Hill | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Fornis | 4.0 miles | 32 | |
| Volcanoville | 4.0 miles | 32 | |
| Meadow Brook | 4.8 miles | 32 | |
| Garden Valley | 5.8 miles | 32 | |
| Quintette | 5.9 miles | 34 |
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 Q4983046 | The 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.










