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Hamilton City, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Orland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95951. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton City quadrangle. 2,263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 151 feet above sea level.

Hamilton City within Glenn County

Then and now

1906 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamilton City, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hamilton City, surveyed 1906

On record in Hamilton City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hamilton City grew from 1,759 to 2,263 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,759
20202,263+504 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined84
Equipment and vehicle use36
Debris and open burning28
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH7
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH8
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH6
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH2
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH3
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH4
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSacramento River National Wildlife Refuge32NORTH5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glenn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton City: 9 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Calcium. 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
Hamilton City PlantCalciumProducer
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Hamilton City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martin Pit and Mi11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mills Orchards GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stoney Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stony Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Glenn 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
Mills Orchard2.3 miles15
Rotavele4.1 miles15
Monroeville (historical)4.9 miles26
Capay5.3 miles19
Cory7.4 miles18
Ordbend7.8 miles15
Meadowood Estates8.9 miles18
Malton (historical)9.5 miles18

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 Hamilton CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1573469The 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 1658701. 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.