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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.

Hawkins Bar within Trinity County

Then and now

1915 to 1997

The 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 sheet of Hawkins Bar, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hawkins Bar, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

203 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism30
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Fireworks6
Smoking5
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGRAYS
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTANK
30 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestODEN
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestFRIDAY
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTIRED
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
27 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestHENNESSEY
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BuckhornGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Good LuckGold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producer
Hammer PropertyGold, Platinum, Osmium, IridiumProducerStream Placer
HendersonGold, PGEUnknown
IronsideGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Koon RanchGold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper, Ruthenium, PalladiumProducerStream Placer
Salyer Pit & MillSilicaProducer
Burnt RanchGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Corona De Oro MineGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Hawkins BarGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Trinity Village0.5 miles19
Salyer3.5 miles19
Hoboken4.7 miles19
Burnt Ranch4.9 miles19
Denny8.8 miles19
Quinby9.2 miles19
Del Loma11.9 miles20
Wigdon Place13.8 miles19

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 BarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682153The 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.