BlockHales Grove, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95488. It lies near Dutchmans Flat. The Survey maps it on the Hales Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 31 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
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Piercy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Hales Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Covelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Hales Grove between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,460 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | USAL |
| 8 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 107 |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | TEACHER |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MILL |
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LEGGETT |
| 2 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | USAL |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | BURN |
| 7 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HIGHWAY INCIDNET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hales Grove: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Usal Deposits | Manganese | Occurrence | 1940 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Leggett | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Underwood Park | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Leggett | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Riverdale | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lane Redwood Flat (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Rockport | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pratt Place | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hardy | 7.3 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5641499 | The 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 1658697. 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.