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Hawkinsville, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Yreka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96097. It lies near Canal Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hawkinsville quadrangle.

Hawkinsville within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hawkinsville, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Hawkinsville, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

279 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Hawkinsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,138 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 9 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
Natural89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use42
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresSiskiyou UnitCCG OOK AND GREEN CAMPGRO
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTEL 6 YREKA
8 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSiskiyou UnitRIDGE
7 September 2017Natural3.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARLOW
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSKU CANAL
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitS WEST ST YREKA
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGUNSIGHT
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitS OREGON ST YREKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Hawkinsville: 68 past producers, 25 unknowns, 19 producers, 16 occurrences. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
G B RussellFlagstone, StoneOccurrence
Jeff GatewoodClayOccurrence
Oberlin HillStone, Crushed/Broken, GraniteProducerSedimentary
OsgoodGold, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Souza RanchTungsten, Copper, Gold, ZincOccurrence
Siskiyou No 431 Pioneer Port Crush.StoneProducer
Butcher HillChromiumUnknown
Lang PropertyChromiumOccurrence
Long GulchGold, LeadPast Producer
RainbowGold, LeadPast 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
Yreka1.9 miles30
Jims Camp5.3 miles27
Montague5.5 miles28
Snowden8.0 miles29
Swiss Bar8.7 miles27
Grenada9.5 miles28
Logan9.7 miles29
Gottsville9.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659733. 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.