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Hardy Place, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Covelo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95428. It lies near Twin Rocks Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mendocino Pass quadrangle. It stands 4,596 feet above sea level.

Hardy Place within Mendocino County

Then and now

1952 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hardy Place, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Hardy Place, surveyed 1952

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Hardy Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 26 started naturally. None 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking3
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestWELLS CABIN
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresMendocino National ForestMARE
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino National ForestDOAN
16 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMendocino National ForestDOE
1 September 1992Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestBALDY
9 August 2017Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestESPEE
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestPANTHER
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestCATTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hardy Place: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Bereton MineManganesePast Producer1917
Jump Off CreekManganeseOccurrence
Jumpoff ClaimsManganeseProspect1918
Two Trees ProspectManganeseOccurrence1917

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
Bredehoft Place1.4 miles14
McClure Place4.5 miles16
Carpenter Place4.7 miles12
O'Neil Place7.1 miles12
Sherburns (historical)7.3 miles16
Hays Place8.8 miles12
Reeves Place10.6 miles17
Cubbler Place11.1 miles16

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 Q5656623The 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 1658714. 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.