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Hatfield, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulelake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96134. The Survey maps it on the Hatfield quadrangle. It stands 4,065 feet above sea level.

Hatfield within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hatfield, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hatfield, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hatfield between 1992 and 2017, burning about 195 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife RefugeMDF ASST#1
4 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution2.2 acresKlamath UnitDODDS
16 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTule Lake National Wildlife RefugePOWERLINE
16 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreModoc National ForestHAWK
30 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreModoc National ForestINCINERATOR
28 August 2011Debris and open burning12 acresKlamath UnitPAYGR II
28 August 1996Natural1.5 acresKlamath UnitPOPE
19 August 2008Naturalunder an acreModoc National Forest447

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hatfield: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Cinder PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Ainsworth Corner2.1 miles24
Tulelake3.6 miles23
Chalk Bank Landing8.8 miles24
Fleener Place11.0 miles24
Canby Cross12.4 miles24
Laird Landing13.9 miles26
Dorris21.2 miles24
Somerset26.9 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on HatfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682133The 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 261153. 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.