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.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1922 USGS Shasta Valley Sheet No 3 quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hornbrook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
279 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Siskiyou Unit | CCG OOK AND GREEN CAMPGRO |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | MOTEL 6 YREKA |
| 8 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | RIDGE |
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | 3.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MARLOW |
| 7 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | SKU CANAL |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | S WEST ST YREKA |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GUNSIGHT |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | S OREGON ST YREKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 128 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G B Russell | Flagstone, Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Jeff Gatewood | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Oberlin Hill | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Osgood | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Souza Ranch | Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Siskiyou No 431 Pioneer Port Crush. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Butcher Hill | Chromium | Unknown | ||
| Lang Property | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Long Gulch | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Rainbow | Gold, Lead | Past Producer |
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.
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.












