Bucktail, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96052. It lies near Dark Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 27 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1913 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Weaverville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Bucktail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,948 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | LIGHTNING #24 |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | WEAVER |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Northern California District | BROWNS |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | LEWISTON |
| 7 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | WILSON |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | DIRT |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | BREMER |
| 4 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TRINITY #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 99 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Bucktail: 42 unknowns, 38 past producers, 13 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Mountain Soapstone | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Carter | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Daisy | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| June | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Lewiston | Gold, Platinum | Producer | 1912 | |
| Limekiln Gulch | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Richards No 2 | Scandium | Unknown | ||
| Transocean Engineers | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Arsenic | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Weaverville | 5.2 miles | 26 | |
| Douglas City | 6.2 miles | 26 | |
| Deadwood | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Keno (historical) | 8.0 miles | 27 | |
| Fairview | 8.9 miles | 27 | |
| Pinewood Cove | 9.7 miles | 27 | |
| Cedar Stock | 9.9 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1665321. 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.








