Halls Flat, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Big Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Jellico quadrangle. It stands 5,705 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 109 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
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1886 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Lassen Peak quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1939 USGS Halls Flat quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jellico quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Westwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Susanville quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Burney quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Jellico quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Jellico quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Halls Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,035 acres in total. 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | HOME |
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | BUTTE |
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CABIN |
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | CONE |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | FRANKLIN3 |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | BUFFLEHEAD |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | FOUND |
| 30 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lassen National Forest | HOME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halls Flat in 2 storm reports in 2018: 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Halls Flat | - | Mesonet station BKMC1 22 miles south-southeast of Pittville reported 0.84 inches of precipitation within a 24-hour period from 24 December 0700PST to 25 December 0700PST. Mesonet elevation 6008 feet MSL. |
| December 2018 | Heavy Rain | Halls Flat | - | Mesonet station BKMC1 Blacks Mountain reported 0.84 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 December 0700PST to 25 December 0700PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jellico | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| Little Valley | 10.5 miles | 26 | |
| Dixie | 13.8 miles | 26 | |
| Norvell | 23.0 miles | 25 | |
| Nubieber | 23.8 miles | 21 | |
| Sheepshead | 24.0 miles | 22 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 25.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hayden Hill | 25.7 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 Halls Flat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5643147 | 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 1658700. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












