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Hazelton, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93252. It lies near Devils Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Maricopa quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Hazelton within Kern County

Then and now

1910 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hazelton, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Hazelton, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

132 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Hazelton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,356 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use36
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0618
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCULVER
27 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use100 acresCentral California DistrictAMERICAN
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCADET
20 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0495
2 September 2008Smoking2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2018Natural2.6 acresCentral California DistrictCHEVRON
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0718

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kern County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hazelton: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Uranium, Clay. 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
J. W. Brown Rock PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Landson GroupUraniumUnknown
Maricopa PitClayPast Producer
Maricopa ProspectSulfurPast Producer
SunsetGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Taft PitSilicaPast Producer
Lowes Southern Clay PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Maricopa PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kern 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
Maricopa1.4 miles23
Pentland1.9 miles26
San Emidio5.6 miles26
Spellacy6.7 miles23
South Taft7.4 miles24
Pattiway (historical)7.8 miles27
Taft7.9 miles24
Taft Heights7.9 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q981393The 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 1660737. 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.