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Hacketsville, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95536. It stands on Atwell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Peak quadrangle.

Hacketsville within Humboldt County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hacketsville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Hacketsville, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Hacketsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUFF
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSCOTIA
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitYARD
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUE
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMONUMENT
20 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEAR
11 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitSCOTIA
10 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hacketsville: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Hackett PropertyLimestone, DimensionProspect
Rickter DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mcclellan DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rickter DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eel River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fortuna Redi-MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Monument PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Metropolitan2.4 miles15
Belleview3.0 miles14
Stone3.5 miles14
Rio Dell3.5 miles12
Alton4.4 miles15
Grizzly Bluff (historical)5.2 miles15
Hydesville5.7 miles14
Waddington5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658693. 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.