Mount Bullion, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95338. It lies near Tailings Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bear Valley quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,152 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 101 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
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Bear Valley quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Coulterville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bear Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Mount Bullion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,315 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | ALTA |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TITLE |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GUADALUPE |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | 49 NORTH |
| 6 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | TERRACE VIEW LN MPUD |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BULLION |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | GOLD |
| 5 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Merced-Mariposa Unit | WHITLOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 231 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 231 workings within 5 miles of Mount Bullion: 130 past producers, 40 occurrences, 33 unknowns, 24 producers. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Ii | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Diltz | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Landrum | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Lonesome Pine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ortega | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Our Chance | Gold, Copper, Lead, Manganese, Silver | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Princeton | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Spread Eagle Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1855 | |
| Unspecified Locality | Mercury, Gold | Past Producer | Amalgam, Gold | |
| Lawerence L Zollars | Slate, Dimension | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agua Fria | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Mariposa | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Bridgeport | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bear Valley | 5.8 miles | 31 | |
| Catheys Valley | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Mormon Bar | 6.0 miles | 25 | |
| Midpines | 7.1 miles | 32 | |
| Briceburg | 7.9 miles | 32 |
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 Mount Bullion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6919905 | 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 233575. 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.











