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.
Then and now
1909 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresHayfork 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,368 | |
| 2020 | 2,324 | -44 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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.
- 1909 USGS Big Bar quadrangle1:96000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Big Bar and Vicinity quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Hayfork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 63 |
| Natural | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3782 |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | WILD |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | TULE |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | CLINIC |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RIVERVIEW |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RIVERVIEW #2 |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RIVERVIEW # 3 |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | RIVERVIEW # 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley Mine | Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Limestone Gulch | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Hayfork Gold Dredging Company | Gold, Platinum | Unknown | ||
| Kingsbury Gulch | Gold, Platinum | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Little Creek | Gold, Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Albies Property | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Big Creek | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Black Bess | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Carrier Gulch | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Plummer Peak | Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Hayfork | $750,000 | Undermined hill and slip-out near mile post 15 on Highway 3. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Hayfork | - | Hail up to 3/4 inch diameter accumulated to 4 inches deep. Much was still on ground the next day. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hayfork | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 2 inches. |
| March 1998 | Flood | Hayfork | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luckie Place | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Peanut | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Post Mountain | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Friend Place | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| McClellan Place | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Big Bar | 13.4 miles | 20 | |
| Junction City | 14.1 miles | 21 |
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 Hayfork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2041071 | The 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.






