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Hamlet, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94940. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tomales quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Hamlet within Marin County

Then and now

1916 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hamlet, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Hamlet, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hamlet between 1996 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTUCKER
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
23 August 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreCYPRUS
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHUT
7 July 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePELICAN
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresPoint Reyes National SeashorePIERCE
31 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
16 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hamlet: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tomales PointGoldOccurrenceBeach Placer
Tomales PointGoldUnknown
Dillon Beach PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamlet in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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
December 2012FloodHamlet$5,000Two motorists had to be rescued from waist deep water on Highway 1 where Walker Creek flooded the roadway near Tomales. The road was then closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Ocean Roar0.6 miles29
Nicks Cove0.6 miles29
Blakes Landing1.0 miles29
Vincent Landing1.2 miles29
McDonald1.6 miles29
Tomales2.9 miles29
Cypress Grove3.2 miles29
Lairds Landing3.4 miles29

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 HamletAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5645431The 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 1658702. 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.