Bunker, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Dixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95620. The Survey maps it on the Dozier quadrangle.

Bunker within Solano County

Then and now

1908 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bunker, surveyed 1993

Topographic sheet of Bunker, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1908 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1916 USGS Maine Prairie quadrangle1:31680
1941 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
1952 USGS Dozier quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Vacaville quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bunker between 2005 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. None 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 August 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
19 July 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 June 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit	not named
23 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.3 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
26 May 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
26 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
23 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
15 April 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Vale	2.6 miles	22
Maine Prairie	3.0 miles	22
Binghamton	3.4 miles	22
Millar (historical)	3.5 miles	23
Yolano	5.0 miles	23
Dozier	5.5 miles	22
Olcott	6.2 miles	22
Batavia	6.6 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252643. 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.