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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.

Mount Bullion within Mariposa County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Mount Bullion, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mount Bullion, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

277 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined89
Equipment and vehicle use73
Debris and open burning62
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitALTA
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitTITLE
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarism50 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGUADALUPE
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa Unit49 NORTH
6 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitTERRACE VIEW LN MPUD
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBULLION
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitGOLD
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitWHITLOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 231 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Champion IiGold, LeadPast ProducerGold
DiltzGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer1865
LandrumGold, CopperPast Producer1889
Lonesome PineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
OrtegaGold, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Our ChanceGold, Copper, Lead, Manganese, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
PrincetonGold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Spread Eagle GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer1855
Unspecified LocalityMercury, GoldPast ProducerAmalgam, Gold
Lawerence L ZollarsSlate, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Mariposa 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
Agua Fria2.0 miles20
Mariposa4.4 miles25
Bridgeport5.5 miles20
Bear Valley5.8 miles31
Catheys Valley5.9 miles20
Mormon Bar6.0 miles25
Midpines7.1 miles32
Briceburg7.9 miles32

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 BullionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6919905The 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.