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Hayden Hill, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Big Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96009. It stands on Hayden Hill. The Survey maps it on the Silva Flat Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 5,715 feet above sea level.

Hayden Hill within Lassen County

Then and now

1886 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hayden Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hayden Hill, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Hayden Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 95 started naturally. None was 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
Natural95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCDF NO 9
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection3-8 WINDMILL
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCDF NO 10
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestFOSTER
5 September 2003Natural1.0 acresModoc National Forest739
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreModoc National ForestCDF #10
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLMU LGT#61
16 September 1993Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLMU LGT 30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lassen County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Hayden Hill: 18 occurrences, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 6 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Pumice. 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
Golden Eagle MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hayden Hill DepositSilver, Gold, Mercury, Arsenic, ManganeseProducer1870
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence
Anderson RanchPumiceUnknown
Anderson Ranch DepositPumiceOccurrence
Golden Eagle MineSilver, GoldProducer1869
Hayden Hill MineGold, SilverPlant1988, 1992
Lassen Eagle Mining Co.Hayden Hill Gold CorpGold, SilverOccurrence1870
Manganese OccurrenceManganeseUnknown
Unnamed OccurrenceManganeseOccurrenceUnknown

Every working recorded in Lassen County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayden Hill in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHayden Hill-Wind gust measured at the Ash Valley RAWS.

Every storm recorded in Lassen 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
Avila Place3.4 miles22
Scotty Place8.9 miles22
Sheepshead10.2 miles22
Dan Ryan Place11.3 miles22
Leonard12.3 miles21
Hot Springs13.1 miles21
Pumpkin Center14.1 miles21
Dixie15.5 miles26

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 Hayden HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5686328The 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 1658724. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.