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Hayfork, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hayfork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96041. It lies near Kellogg Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hayfork quadrangle. 2,324 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,310 feet above sea level.

Hayfork within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hayfork, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hayfork, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Hayfork fell from 2,368 to 2,324 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,368
20202,324-44 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Hayfork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,410 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 44 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Natural53
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use30
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3782
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWILD
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTULE
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitCLINIC
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW #2
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW # 3
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitRIVERVIEW # 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Hayfork: 14 past producers, 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Manganese, Silver. 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
Kelley MineGold, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer1932
Limestone GulchLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Hayfork Gold Dredging CompanyGold, PlatinumUnknown
Kingsbury GulchGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Little CreekGold, PlatinumOccurrenceStream Placer
Albies PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer
Big CreekGold, SilverPast Producer
Black BessGold, SilverPast Producer
Carrier GulchGold, SilverPast Producer
Plummer PeakManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trinity County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayfork in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
January 2017Heavy RainHayfork$750,000Undermined hill and slip-out near mile post 15 on Highway 3.
September 1998HailHayfork-Hail up to 3/4 inch diameter accumulated to 4 inches deep. Much was still on ground the next day.
June 1998HailHayfork-Hail accumulated to a depth of 2 inches.
March 1998FloodHayfork-no account filed

Every storm 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
Luckie Place1.9 miles22
Peanut5.9 miles16
Post Mountain9.3 miles16
Friend Place10.7 miles16
Wildwood12.6 miles16
McClellan Place13.4 miles16
Big Bar13.4 miles20
Junction City14.1 miles21

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 HayforkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2041071The 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 277529. 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.