Burson, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the San Andreas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95225. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. It stands 252 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Valley Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
696 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 696 fires within 5 miles of Burson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,728 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 | 244 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 227 |
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | GRISSOM |
| 9 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | KAISER |
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PETERSBERG |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PINE ST VALLEY_SPRINGS |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CARDIN |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CAMANCHE PKWY S/ CHILE CA |
| 7 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HIBACH |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | G2C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 188 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 188 workings within 5 miles of Burson: 79 occurrences, 40 past producers, 37 unknowns, 27 producers. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Clay, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arata Property | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Caldwell | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| Caldwell | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Camanche District | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | 1849 | |
| Campo Seco | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Edna | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Grayhouse Mine | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Holmes | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Holmes Ranch | Iron, Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | ||
| Late | Flagstone | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burson in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Burson | - | There was 1 foot of water in the westbound lane between State Route 12 and Evans Road near Valley Springs. Reported by the California Highway Patrol. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Camanche Shore | 1.7 miles | 30 | |
| Lake Camanche Ranches | 2.5 miles | 30 | |
| Norval (historical) | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Quail Oaks | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Camanche (historical) | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Valley Springs | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Campo Seco | 3.6 miles | 30 | |
| Rancho Calaveras | 4.2 miles | 30 |
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 Burson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5000627 | 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 1658180. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












