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Campbell Hot Springs, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the East Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96126. It stands on Bonta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sierraville quadrangle. It stands 5,023 feet above sea level.

Campbell Hot Springs within Sierra County

Then and now

1890 to 2000

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Campbell Hot Springs, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Campbell Hot Springs, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Campbell Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49,463 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 2 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
Natural66
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestVALLEY
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresTahoe National ForestDEERWATER
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestHARDING
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestGUN
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestDEERWATER
24 September 1998Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestBLATCHLEY
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreTahoe National ForestHARD
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestCOBURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sierra County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Campbell Hot Springs: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antelope NeckCopperOccurrenceUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Sierra 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
Randolph1.3 miles24
Sierraville1.4 miles24
Sattley5.1 miles24
Calpine8.0 miles24
Sierra Brooks8.4 miles24
Loyalton9.0 miles24
Clark Station Homesites9.8 miles27
Haskell Creek Homesites11.6 miles28

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 Campbell Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5028093The 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 1658205. 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.