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Hearst, California

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foster Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,378 feet above sea level.

Hearst within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hearst, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Hearst, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hearst between 1992 and 2019, burning about 453 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino National ForestSUMMIT
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitLIGHTNING 95
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 39
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestSANHEDRIN
24 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitPONTIAC'
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitHEARST WILLITS RD WIL 12
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 6
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTNING 8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hearst: 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Manganese, Silica. 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
Foster MountainManganese, SilicaPast Producer1890, 1916
DornManganeseProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Dorn ProspectManganeseProspect1917
Foster Mountain Independent, Busch, Lucky BoyManganesePast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
HarmsManganeseProspectPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Harms ProspectManganeseProspect1942
HinrichsManganeseOccurrence
Hinrichs PropertyManganeseProspect1917
Ocean ViewManganeseOccurrence
Ocean View DepositManganeseOccurrence1917

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
DeCamp8.3 miles16
Upp8.8 miles16
Simerson8.9 miles16
Willits9.4 miles16
Muir9.4 miles16
Brooktrails9.6 miles15
Arnold9.7 miles14
Rowes (historical)10.2 miles15

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 HearstAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5691708The 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 1656065. 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.