Hawkins Bar, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northwest Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95527. It stands on Pony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hennessy Peak quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Big Bar and Vicinity quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1922 USGS China Flat quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Willow Creek quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Hennessy Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Hennessy Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins Bar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,047 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | GRAYS |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | TANK |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | ODEN |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | FRIDAY |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | TIRED |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | HENNESSEY |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | RITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Hawkins Bar: 18 past producers, 12 unknowns, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper, Ruthenium, Palladium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Good Luck | Gold, Silver, Platinum | Past Producer | ||
| Hammer Property | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Henderson | Gold, PGE | Unknown | ||
| Ironside | Gold, Platinum, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Koon Ranch | Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper, Ruthenium, Palladium | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Salyer Pit & Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Burnt Ranch | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Corona De Oro Mine | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Hawkins Bar | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Village | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Salyer | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hoboken | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Burnt Ranch | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Denny | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Quinby | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Del Loma | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wigdon Place | 13.8 miles | 19 |
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 Hawkins Bar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682153 | The 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 1658722. 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.






