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Hardin, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95425. It lies near Tyler Valley. The Survey maps it on the Asti quadrangle. It stands 2,369 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hardin within Mendocino County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hardin (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hardin (historical), surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Hardin (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,775 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKELSEY
13 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSWEETWATER
7 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
3 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPG & E 13
27 August 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution4.5 acresNorthern California DistrictADOBE
24 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGEYSERS INCIDENT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino 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 Hardin (historical): 19 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Chromium, 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
CornucopiaCopper, CobaltOccurrenceVein
QuarryStoneUnknown
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrence
Big Sulfur Creek BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kelsey Creek Bar 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PletsCopperOccurrence
Squaw CreekCopperUnknown
T -B-M ProspectGoldOccurrence
T-B-M ProspectGoldUnknown
Gunn ClaimChromiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Pieta9.3 miles18
Oasis9.6 miles18
Dawes11.4 miles18
Nacomis Indian Rancheria11.7 miles18
Rankin (historical)12.6 miles18
Old Hopland13.0 miles18
Duncan Springs13.4 miles18
Hopland13.7 miles18

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 Q5656004The 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 1724035. 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.