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Buckeye, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. The Survey maps it on the Soapstone Hill quadrangle. It stands 4,997 feet above sea level.

Buckeye within Plumas County

Then and now

1888 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 106 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 1994
Topographic sheet of Buckeye, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,142 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 1 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestHAPHAZARD
4 September 1998Natural12 acresPlumas National ForestFORK
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePlumas National ForestMOUNTAIN HOUSE
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePlumas National ForestLITTLE
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePlumas National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Natural20 acresPlumas National Forestnot named
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestRODY
27 September 2005Naturalunder an acrePlumas National ForestSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plumas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 25 occurrences, 21 past producers, 15 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Nickel. 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
Marble Creek DepositLimestone, Dimension, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
PocahontasCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
RobinsonGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Coyote GapNickelUnknown
Coyote Gap Guard StationNickelOccurrence1957
Four LCopper, GoldOccurrence
PocahontasCopper, SilverUnknown
Annie MaeGold, SilverPast Producer
Big Wonder ClaimChromiumPast ProducerChromite
Davison GroupGold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Plumas 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
Palmetto2.1 miles24
China Gulch (historical)6.9 miles23
Merlin7.2 miles25
Rock Creek7.8 miles25
Bucks Lake8.2 miles23
Storrie8.5 miles25
Bucks Lodge8.8 miles24
Paulson Place9.1 miles23

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 BuckeyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4983052The 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 1658156. 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.