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Hart, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96019. It lies near Riley Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Shasta Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hart within Shasta County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hart (historical), surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hart (historical), surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 31 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

376 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 376 fires within 5 miles of Hart (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64,953 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined135
Arson/incendiarism63
Equipment and vehicle use42
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Natural25
Smoking22
Firearms and explosives use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitASHBY
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresNorthern California DistrictFLANAGAN
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitMIDDLE 2
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthern California DistrictKESWICK 2
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictVISTA
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitIRON #5
6 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitKESWICK 3
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitPINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shasta County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 203 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 203 workings within 5 miles of Hart (historical): 79 past producers, 65 unknowns, 45 occurrences, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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
CleavlandGold, Copper, Lead, IronPast ProducerGold
Evening StarGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Gold, Silver
Giant ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Holg and Gregg QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Holg and Gregg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Iron Mountain MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Platinum, Silver, IronPast Producer1865, 1897, 1962
Spread EagleCopper, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Spread Eagle MineGold, Copper, Iron, Silver, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer1900
Stowell MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Sugar Loaf AreaCopper, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shasta 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
Whitehouse (historical)0.6 miles31
Matheson1.1 miles31
Motion1.2 miles31
Churntown (historical)2.0 miles31
Newtown2.4 miles31
Summit City (historical)2.5 miles31
Minnesota2.6 miles31
Buckeye2.7 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682493. 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.