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Buena Vista, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East Tehama census division. The Survey maps it on the Deer Creek Flat quadrangle.

Buena Vista within Tehama County

Then and now

1886 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buena Vista, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Buena Vista, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1994 and 2013, burning about 11,636 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitVINA
18 September 1994Natural200 acresTehama-Glenn UnitLASSEN T
23 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution11,429 acresLassen National ForestDEER
14 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTehama-Glenn UnitDEER
4 July 2013Natural2.9 acresLassen National ForestISHI
20 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresTehama-Glenn Unitnot named
15 October 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictOAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tehama County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Dan Smith AditGoldOccurrence
Reported OccurrencesGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Tehama 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
Roberts Place1.1 miles31
Tenmile (historical)4.5 miles28
Favinger Place5.9 miles28
Campbellville7.9 miles27
Pape Place8.7 miles28
Thompson Place9.2 miles28
Avery Place9.9 miles28
Wells Place10.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658161. 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.