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Hendy Grove, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95466. It stands on Gowan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Philo quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.

Hendy Grove within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hendy Grove, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Hendy Grove, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Hendy Grove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,575 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMendocino UnitCOLD SPRINGS FIRE LOOKO 3
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitHENDY
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitMAPLE
6 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitNASH
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBLATTNER RD PHILO
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitCHURCH OF CHRIST
29 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMendocino UnitSIGNAL #2
27 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitROSSI #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hendy Grove: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Mercury, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Zirconium, Mercury, Zirconium, Gold, Iridium, Platinum. 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
Anderson ValleyMercury, Zirconium, Gold, Iridium, PlatinumUnknown
Anderson Valley PlacerMercury, Gold, Platinum, Iridium, ZirconiumOccurrenceStream Placer
O'Brien Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
WhippleCopperOccurrenceCopper
Whipple ProspectCopperUnknown

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
Philo1.2 miles12
Philbrick Mill1.7 miles12
Reilly Heights3.6 miles15
Old Bailey Place6.4 miles12
Navarro6.6 miles15
Boonville7.0 miles12
Cape Horn10.0 miles17
Little Penny10.6 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 Hendy GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5714080The 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 1653042. 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.