Bullards Bar, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Yuba Foothills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95925. It stands on Schoolhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Challenge quadrangle. It stands 1,909 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1888 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1888 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Smartsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Nevada City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000
- 2000 USGS Challenge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Bullards Bar (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,191 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | SWEET |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | GOLD COUNTRY MHP NORTH_SA |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 2009 |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MARYSVILLE |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | FULTON |
| 3 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | PIKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Bullards Bar (historical): 19 past producers, 17 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boss | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Boss Con Qtz. | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Boss Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Clemens Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite | |
| Dobbins Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Occurrence | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Boss Mine | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Gold Copper | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Mammoth Gold Copper Mine | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Bar (historical) | 1.0 miles | 29 | |
| Garden Valley (historical) | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Greenville | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Dobbins | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Camptonville | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Youngs Hill (historical) | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Galena Hill (historical) | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Weeds Point | 6.0 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4996684 | The 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 1703472. 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.












