Fickle Hill, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Arcata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95521. It stands on Grotzman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcata South quadrangle.
Then and now
1922 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 65 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
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Arcata South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Fickle Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 373 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 121 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | ESSEX |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | UNION ST / SAMOA BLVD |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | BUCKLEY |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | FUSI |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HATCHERY 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Fickle Hill: 17 producers, 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Haw Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Jacoby Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Liscomb Hill | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Liscomb Hill | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| W A Preston Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W. A. Preston Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Hanes Creek | Manganese | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1681887. 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.









