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Buckingham Park, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Clearlake Riviera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95451. It lies near Shag Rock. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.

Buckingham Park within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buckingham Park, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Buckingham Park, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

365 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Buckingham Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,036 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined148
Debris and open burning70
Equipment and vehicle use58
Arson/incendiarism49
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWIDGEON WY / SHADY LN
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 20 / LAKEVIEW DR
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGH
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRUNER
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthern California DistrictCHAMPION
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSODA
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSULPHUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Buckingham Park: 6 occurrences, 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Auschwitz PropertySulfurOccurrence
Bartlet SpringsDiatomiteUnknown
Clearlake Lava Pit and MillPumiceProducer
Konocti QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Volcanic MaterialsProducer
LucittaMercury, KaolinPast Producer1885
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Clear Lake QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Snaker PropertyChromiumUnknown
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Glenhaven1.5 miles21
Riviera West1.9 miles21
Soda Bay1.9 miles21
Riviera Estates2.5 miles21
Pepperwood Grove3.2 miles21
Clearlake Oaks4.6 miles21
Clear Lake Riviera4.7 miles21
Eastlake (historical)4.8 miles21

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 Buckingham ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4983231The 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 1658159. 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.