BlockHammer Place, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the West Tehama census division. It stands on Hensley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Raglin Ridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Colyear Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Colyear Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1967 USGS Raglin Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Raglin Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hammer Place between 1993 and 2020, burning about 67,423 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 5,330 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SOUTH |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 8,838 acres | Northern California District | RED BANK |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | TGU LGT 37 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Northern California District | TGU LGT 48 |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | LOOP |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Klamath National Forest | MILL LAKE |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | 51,577 acres | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | SHF ELKHORN |
| 6 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | TOMHEAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hammer Place: 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shackleford Place | 1.0 miles | 22 | |
| Skinner Mill Place | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Heitman Place (historical) | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cold Fork | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Pettyjohn Place | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Bayles Place | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| Mary Ellen Place | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Watson | 4.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122549690 | 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 1658703. 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.