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Hambone, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCloud-Medicine Lake census division. The Survey maps it on the Hambone quadrangle.

Hambone within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hambone, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hambone, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Hambone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2

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
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWELL
30 September 2004Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestPUMICE
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING 55
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSiskiyou UnitLIGHTNING # 79
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou 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
Slagger1.5 miles25
Lakin7.8 miles26
Bartle8.4 miles25
Pondosa9.4 miles25
Curtis10.0 miles25
Kinyon11.3 miles26
Swobe12.2 miles26
Ash Creek Station (historical)13.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 261037. 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.