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Bully Hill, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Central Shasta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96051. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minnesota Mountain quadrangle.

Bully Hill within Shasta 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 Bully Hill, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bully Hill, 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Bully Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,679 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 23 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
Recreation and ceremony49
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2

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
8 September 1997Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestJONES VALLEY
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestINLET
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitBOAT
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestBOAT 2
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresShasta-Trinity National ForestBOAT 1
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSILVER 3
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitJONES #3
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHORSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Bully Hill: 32 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 15 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold, 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
Arps GroupCopper, Gold, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Blue JacketGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Bully HillCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bully HillCopper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer1862, 1877
Copper King GroupCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Kane and WilburCopper, Iron, NickelOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Logan Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit River ConsolidatedManganesePast Producer
Rising StarCopper, Zinc, Silver, Gold, LeadPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Unnamed PropertyMercuryProspect

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Winthrop (historical)0.3 miles27
Ydaloom (historical)2.0 miles27
Lakeview Resort5.4 miles28
Baird (historical)5.5 miles28
Holiday Harbor Resort6.2 miles28
Sherman6.3 miles29
Fitzpatrick (historical)6.7 miles29
O'Brien7.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659702. 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.