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Bumblebee, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95364. It stands on Leland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pinecrest quadrangle. It stands 5,840 feet above sea level.

Bumblebee within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1896 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bumblebee, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Bumblebee, surveyed 1896

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Bumblebee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,137 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 3 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
Natural69
Recreation and ceremony58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
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
9 September 1998Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestWATERHOUSE
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestTRANSFER
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStanislaus National ForestHERRING
7 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStanislaus National ForestMEADOW
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSTRAW
7 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreStanislaus National ForestSCHOOL
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresStanislaus National ForestCASCADE
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestHAMMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bumblebee: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edna JamesGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Cow Creek1.0 miles28
Strawberry2.0 miles28
Pinecrest2.6 miles28
Cold Springs5.3 miles28
Spring Gap6.8 miles28
Camp Pendola8.1 miles29
Wagner11.1 miles27
Long Barn11.7 miles30

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 BumblebeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4997248The 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 1658169. 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.