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Hamburg, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Happy Camp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96050. It stands on Macks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.

Hamburg within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1914 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamburg, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Hamburg, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 3 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
Natural72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKlamath National ForestMARTIN
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
20 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
16 September 1993Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
15 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution91 acresKlamath National ForestBAR
8 August 2000Natural2.0 acresKlamath National ForestFISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 138 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 138 workings within 5 miles of Hamburg: 62 unknowns, 40 past producers, 23 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Copper. 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
BarnumGold, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Crawfish GulchSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerGold
GilfeatherGold, LeadPast Producer
Mat-A-PanGold, Manganese, LeadPast Producer
Quartz HillGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Quartz Hill MineGold, BismuthOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSilicaOccurrence
Lady Gray ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1941, 1944
Mary Lou ClaimChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017FloodHamburg-The Scott River near Fort Jones exceeded flood stage (15.0 feet) at 09/0945 PST. The river crested at 17.90 feet at 09/0530 PST. The river fell below flood stage at 10/2215 PST. The Scott River road was closed by flood waters at milepost 7 as of 09/0850 PST. Flooding and a mudslide was also reported in parts of Dunsmuir. Some areas of that city were evacuated.
February 2017FloodHamburg-A portion of Highway 96 between Seiad Valley and Hamburg was closed due to 1.5 feet of water covering the road.
February 2015FloodHamburg-The Scott River at Fort Jones exceeded the flood stage of 15.0 feet at 07/0100 PST. The stream crested at 17.25 feet at 07/1100 PST. The stream dropped below flood stage at 08/0045 PST.

Every storm 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
Steelhead1.2 miles18
Scott Bar4.1 miles18
Horse Creek4.4 miles28
Oakbar7.5 miles28
Seiad Valley8.1 miles19
Fort Goff11.8 miles18
Walker12.2 miles28
Eileen12.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 261041. 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.

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.