Buckhorn, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Pine Grove-Silver Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95666. It lies near Mount Crossman. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle. 2,597 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,238 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresBuckhorn grew from 2,429 to 2,597 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,429 | |
| 2020 | 2,597 | +168 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mokelumne Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 31 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 | 159 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LODGE |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MAIN |
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | PINEWOOD |
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MADRONE LN BUCKHORN |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SMITTY |
| 6 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | EZELLA CT PIONEER |
| 6 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Eldorado National Forest | DEW |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | PIONEER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 300 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 300 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 118 past producers, 108 occurrences, 62 unknowns, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Manganese, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Silver, Gold, Lead | Producer | ||
| Ajax | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Belden | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | 1855 | |
| Big Pine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Defender | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Elkhorn | Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Bornite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Nottus | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Stirnaman Mine | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Calaveras - Columbus | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrrhotite | |
| Humbug Diggings | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton | 0.2 miles | 28 | |
| Pioneer | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Dew Drop (historical) | 4.8 miles | 30 | |
| Volcano | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Pine Acres | 7.2 miles | 28 | |
| Pine Grove | 7.4 miles | 28 | |
| Irishtown (historical) | 8.9 miles | 28 | |
| Clinton | 9.1 miles | 28 |
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 Buckhorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983148 | 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 2652372. 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.











