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Hanford Hill, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Arnold-West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95247. It lies near Darby Knob. The Survey maps it on the Murphys quadrangle. It stands 3,284 feet above sea level.

Hanford Hill within Calaveras County

Then and now

1891 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hanford Hill, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Hanford Hill, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

280 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Hanford Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,767 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined90
Debris and open burning80
Equipment and vehicle use47
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCentral California Area OfficeNINE
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #36
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLIGHTNING #43
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresStanislaus National ForestGRISWOLD
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitAVERY
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitTURNBO
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit2-9
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras Unit4-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calaveras County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 228 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 228 workings within 5 miles of Hanford Hill: 95 occurrences, 65 past producers, 52 unknowns, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cataract Slurry PlantCalciumProducer
Collier MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerAntimony, Gold, Sphalerite
Douglas FlatGold, PlatinumProducer1848
Douglas FlatGold, PGEUnknown
MarjonCobalt, NickelOccurrenceVein
Murphy Divide MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
MurphysGold, SilverProducer
Oro Plata MineAntimonyOccurrence
Oro Y PlataGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tin, Zinc, MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar, Gold, Stibnite
Sheep Ranch MineSilver, Gold, Iron, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1867

Every working recorded in Calaveras 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
Cedar Vista0.4 miles34
Forest Meadows0.5 miles34
Red Apple1.2 miles34
Indian Hills1.4 miles34
Timber Trails1.6 miles34
Indian Creek1.7 miles34
Ponderosa Park2.0 miles35
Hathaways Mountain Pines2.3 miles35

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 Q5647794The 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 1804877. 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.