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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.

Bucktail within Trinity County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bucktail, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bucktail, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

231 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined76
Equipment and vehicle use47
Natural23
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes1

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 1997Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #24
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWEAVER
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use35 acresNorthern California DistrictBROWNS
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLEWISTON
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWILSON
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitDIRT
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictBREMER
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRINITY #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 99 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Browns Mountain SoapstoneTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
CarterCopperOccurrence
DaisyGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
JuneGold, Silver, CopperProducer
LewistonGold, PlatinumProducer1912
Limekiln GulchLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Richards No 2ScandiumUnknown
Transocean EngineersStoneUnknown
UnnamedAntimonyOccurrence
UnnamedArsenicOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Lewiston2.3 miles27
Weaverville5.2 miles26
Douglas City6.2 miles26
Deadwood6.3 miles26
Keno (historical)8.0 miles27
Fairview8.9 miles27
Pinewood Cove9.7 miles27
Cedar Stock9.9 miles27

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.