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.
Then and now
1910 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1910 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Buena Vista Lake quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Bakersfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Maricopa quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Taft quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0618 |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | CULVER |
| 27 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Central California District | AMERICAN |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | CADET |
| 20 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0495 |
| 2 September 2008 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Central California District | CHEVRON |
| 17 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 0718 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. W. Brown Rock Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Landson Group | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Maricopa Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Maricopa Prospect | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Sunset | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Taft Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lowes Southern Clay Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Maricopa Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pentland | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| San Emidio | 5.6 miles | 26 | |
| Spellacy | 6.7 miles | 23 | |
| South Taft | 7.4 miles | 24 | |
| Pattiway (historical) | 7.8 miles | 27 | |
| Taft | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Taft Heights | 7.9 miles | 24 |
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 Q981393 | 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 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.












