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Hammonton, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Yuba-Beale AFB census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. It lies near McCartie Hill. The Survey maps it on the Browns Valley quadrangle. It stands 131 feet above sea level.

Hammonton within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Hammonton, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hammonton, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Hammonton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,829 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use89
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism28
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHAMMON
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHALLWOOD BL / WALNUT AV
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHAMMONTON
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSICARD
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROLLIN
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitCORRALS
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROADSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Hammonton: 16 producers, 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 3 past producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver. 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
Hammonton DistrictGold, Platinum, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1849
Hammonton-Yuba RiverGold, SilverProducer
Sperbeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Yuba River DistrictGold, Iridium, Platinum, OsmiumProducer1849, 1905
Yuba SilicaSilicaProducer
Browns Valley DistrictGold, SilverPast Producer1850
Yuba County Gold CompanyGold, SilverPlant1903
AyerCopperOccurrenceVein
AyerCopperUnknown
Brady RanchCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yuba 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
Marigold (historical)2.1 miles27
Browns Valley3.4 miles27
Sicard Flat4.8 miles24
Dantoni5.4 miles25
Timbuctoo5.7 miles24
Erle (historical)6.5 miles26
Smartsville6.6 miles24
Sucker Flat6.7 miles24

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 HammontonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5645886The 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 1658705. 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.