Fuchs, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95248. It lies near Fort Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,467 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1891 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Big Trees quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Blue Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Fort Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
234 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Fuchs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,858 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 29 |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TAYLOR |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SEARCY |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SIERRA OAKS DR RAILROAD_ |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | SIMPSON |
| 3 September 1993 | Smoking | 15 acres | Central California District | CANYON |
| 3 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 13 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | CANYON |
| 28 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | HUCKLEBERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 239 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 239 workings within 5 miles of Fuchs: 107 past producers, 79 occurrences, 43 unknowns, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Wonder Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Blazing Star | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite | |
| Fine Gold | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Forest Creek | Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Golden Shearer Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Heckendorm | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Late Property | Chromium | Producer | Chromite | |
| Mole | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Mountain | Gold, Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Mountain | Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandoz | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| Hams | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Rail Road Flat | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Independence | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Porter | 3.6 miles | 29 | |
| Wilseyville | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Lynn Park Acres | 4.2 miles | 28 | |
| Bummerville | 4.6 miles | 28 |
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 Q5506925 | 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 1655204. 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.










