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Buhach, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Atwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95301. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.

Buhach within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Buhach, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Buhach, surveyed 1918

On record in Buhach

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

1,591 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,591 fires within 5 miles of Buhach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,548 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 162 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/undetermined863
Equipment and vehicle use271
Debris and open burning163
Arson/incendiarism162
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Smoking44
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitE BELLEVUE RD ATWATER_CI
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALMOND AV / VINE AV
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPACIFIC
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDECOY AV / CONVOY RD
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitN WINTON WY WINTON
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE 262
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitATWATER BL ATWATER_CITY
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBULK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Buhach: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sunset PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Merced 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
Castle Gardens1.4 miles17
Cuba (historical)1.6 miles17
Atwater1.6 miles17
Fluhr1.8 miles17
Hoff (historical)2.2 miles17
Fergus2.6 miles17
Winton4.0 miles17
The Grove4.7 miles17

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 BuhachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4986289The 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 1659700. 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.