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Hansen, California

49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92804. The Survey maps it on the Los Alamitos quadrangle.

Hansen within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hansen, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Hansen, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 49 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

264 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Hansen between 1998 and 2020, burning about 7,060 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined128
Arson/incendiarism49
Smoking27
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2011Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hansen: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Orange County Brick & Tile Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Shirley0.9 miles49
Los Alamitos Junction1.0 miles44
Halcon1.2 miles49
La Belle Fontane Estates1.3 miles44
Stanton1.4 miles44
Cypress1.4 miles49
Clair1.6 miles44
Moody2.4 miles49

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 243177. 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.