fix: Better matching of the counties for the USA-CA

app.go

@@ -4707,7 +4707,9 @@ var bulkFieldColumns = map[string]string{
 	"prop_mode": "prop_mode",
 	"sat_name":  "sat_name",
 	"sat_mode":  "sat_mode",
-	// Contacted station activation refs / SIG
+	// Contacted station location + activation refs / SIG
+	"state":    "state",
+	"cnty":     "cnty",
 	"pota_ref": "pota_ref",
 	"sota_ref": "sota_ref",
 	"wwff_ref": "wwff_ref",
@@ -7925,6 +7927,15 @@ func (a *App) BackfillUSCounties() (BackfillUSCountiesResult, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return res, err
 	}
+	// Set of valid USA-CA county keys, so we can tell a good county from a bad one
+	// (a wrong county for the state, a bare city, "0", …) and re-resolve only the
+	// bad ones.
+	validRef := map[string]bool{}
+	if refs, ok := awardref.BuiltinRefs("USA-CA"); ok {
+		for _, r := range refs {
+			validRef[r.Code] = true
+		}
+	}
 	for i := range rows {
 		q := &rows[i]
 		if q.DXCC == nil {
@@ -7936,7 +7947,12 @@ func (a *App) BackfillUSCounties() (BackfillUSCountiesResult, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		res.Scanned++
-		needCounty := strings.TrimSpace(q.County) == ""
+		// A county "needs" filling when it maps to NO valid USA-CA county: empty,
+		// garbage, or a wrong county for the state. A legitimate DC operation
+		// (state=DC) is left alone — DC simply isn't a USA-CA county, not an error.
+		curKey := award.USCountyKey(q.State, q.County)
+		stateUp := strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(q.State))
+		needCounty := !validRef[curKey] && stateUp != "DC"
 		needGrid := strings.TrimSpace(q.Grid) == ""
 		if !needCounty && !needGrid {
 			continue
@@ -7946,13 +7962,33 @@ func (a *App) BackfillUSCounties() (BackfillUSCountiesResult, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		changed := false
-		if needCounty && loc.CNTY() != "" {
+		if needCounty {
-			q.County = loc.CNTY()
+			// The logged county maps to no real USA-CA county (wrong state, wrong
-			if strings.TrimSpace(q.State) == "" {
+			// county, empty…). Fix it from the ULS, PREFERRING to keep the operator's
-				q.State = loc.State
+			// county and correct only the state — their county often came from QRZ
+			// and is finer than the ZIP-derived one (e.g. K1LZ logged ME,Middlesex →
+			// Middlesex is a MA county, so → MA,Middlesex). Fall back to the ULS
+			// county when even that is invalid. Never stamp an unrecognised value
+			// (e.g. a Connecticut 2022 "planning region" GeoNames now returns). A
+			// portable op keeps a suffix that won't resolve in the ULS, so only
+			// fixed-station bad data is ever touched.
+			name := q.County
+			if i := strings.IndexByte(name, ','); i >= 0 {
+				name = name[i+1:]
+			}
+			name = strings.TrimSpace(name)
+			var stState, stName string
+			if name != "" && validRef[award.USCountyKey(loc.State, name)] {
+				stState, stName = loc.State, name
+			} else if validRef[award.USCountyKey(loc.State, loc.County)] {
+				stState, stName = loc.State, loc.County
+			}
+			if stName != "" {
+				q.State = stState
+				q.County = stState + "," + stName
+				res.County++
+				changed = true
 			}
-			res.County++
-			changed = true
 		}
 		if needGrid && loc.Grid != "" {
 			q.Grid = loc.Grid

frontend/src/components/BulkEditModal.tsx

@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ const FIELDS: FieldDef[] = [
   { id: 'prop_mode', label: 'bulk.fPropMode', group: 'Propagation', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'sat_name',  label: 'bulk.fSatName',  group: 'Propagation', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'sat_mode',  label: 'bulk.fSatMode',  group: 'Propagation', kind: 'text', upper: true },
-  // Contacted station (activation refs / SIG)
+  // Contacted station (location / activation refs / SIG)
+  { id: 'state',    label: 'bulk.fState',   group: 'Contacted station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
+  { id: 'cnty',     label: 'bulk.fCnty',    group: 'Contacted station', kind: 'text' },
   { id: 'pota_ref', label: 'bulk.fPotaRef', group: 'Contacted station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'sota_ref', label: 'bulk.fSotaRef', group: 'Contacted station', kind: 'text', upper: true },
   { id: 'wwff_ref', label: 'bulk.fWwffRef', group: 'Contacted station', kind: 'text', upper: true },