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.
Then and now
1943 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Pomo quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Potter Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Foster Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Foster Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino National Forest | SUMMIT |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 95 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 39 |
| 27 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | SANHEDRIN |
| 24 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | PONTIAC' |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HEARST WILLITS RD WIL 12 |
| 13 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 6 |
| 13 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | LIGHTNING 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Mountain | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1890, 1916 | |
| Dorn | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| Dorn Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Foster Mountain Independent, Busch, Lucky Boy | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Harms | Manganese | Prospect | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Harms Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Hinrichs | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hinrichs Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Ocean View | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Ocean View Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | 1917 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeCamp | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Upp | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Simerson | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Willits | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Muir | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Brooktrails | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Arnold | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rowes (historical) | 10.2 miles | 15 |
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 Hearst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5691708 | 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 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.






