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.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The 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 sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1935 USGS Paynes Creek quadrangle1:96000
- 1941 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Panther Spring quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Digger Pine Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ishi Caves quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lake Almanor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Deer Creek Flat quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | VINA |
| 18 September 1994 | Natural | 200 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | LASSEN T |
| 23 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11,429 acres | Lassen National Forest | DEER |
| 14 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | DEER |
| 4 July 2013 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Lassen National Forest | ISHI |
| 20 October 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | not named |
| 15 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | OAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Smith Adit | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurrences | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Place | 1.1 miles | 31 | |
| Tenmile (historical) | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Favinger Place | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Campbellville | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Pape Place | 8.7 miles | 28 | |
| Thompson Place | 9.2 miles | 28 | |
| Avery Place | 9.9 miles | 28 | |
| Wells Place | 10.4 miles | 28 |
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.














