Hallelujah Junction, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Honey Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96105. The Survey maps it on the Beckwourth Pass quadrangle. It stands 5,033 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1890 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 104 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
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1890 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Sierraville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Chilcoot quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Beckwourth Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Beckwourth Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Hallelujah Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44,014 acres in total. 64 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | JUNCTION |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 acres | Carson City District Office | COLD SPRINGS VIEW |
| 21 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Carson City District Office | SHOE TREE |
| 13 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | POSLIN 2 |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | LAKE SPRINGS |
| 8 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Carson City District Office | HOLT |
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SIERRA COUNTY LINE |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SCOTT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hallelujah Junction: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Uranium, Gold, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lassenite Industries, Inc. | Cement Rock | Occurrence | ||
| Lassenite Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Antelope | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Antelope Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hallelujah Placer Extension | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hallelujah Placers | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hallelujah Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Black Jack No. 1 & 2 & Daisy Mae? | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Buckhorn Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chats (historical) | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Plumas | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Reno Junction | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Scotts | 5.6 miles | 26 | |
| Constantia | 12.0 miles | 27 | |
| Omira | 13.4 miles | 27 | |
| Doyle | 17.8 miles | 21 | |
| Herlong | 25.9 miles | 21 |
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 Hallelujah Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5642875 | 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 1658699. 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.








