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Hawk Ravine, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95966. It lies near Deadman Ravine. The Survey maps it on the Oroville Dam quadrangle. It stands 1,266 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.

Hawk Ravine within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hawk Ravine (historical), surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Hawk Ravine (historical), surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

657 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 657 fires within 5 miles of Hawk Ravine (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,275 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined226
Equipment and vehicle use173
Arson/incendiarism98
Debris and open burning91
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Smoking19
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitBANGOR
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitKOKANEE
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte UnitWYNDOTTE
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresButte UnitLODGEVIEW DR KELLY_RDGE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitOLIVE HWY TYME_RANCH
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined496 acresNorthern California DistrictSWEDES
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresNorthern California DistrictFORBESTOWN
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitFORBESTOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Hawk Ravine (historical): 20 past producers, 14 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Phoenix MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Unknown NameClayUnknown
R-2 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
AmoGold, SilverPast Producer
DepressionGold, SilverPast Producer
Hot DogGold, SilverPast Producer
Patterson-Inman PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
BannerGoldProducer
BannerGoldProducer

Every working recorded in Butte 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
South Fork (historical)2.1 miles29
Bidwell Bar (historical)2.9 miles29
Hurleton3.0 miles25
Land (historical)3.1 miles29
Bidwell (historical)3.2 miles29
Quartz (historical)3.4 miles29
Craig (historical)3.6 miles29
Wyandotte4.2 miles25

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 Q5684848The 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 1723862. 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.