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Hetch Hetchy Junction, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sonora census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95327. The Survey maps it on the Chinese Camp quadrangle.

Hetch Hetchy Junction within Tuolumne County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hetch Hetchy Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hetch Hetchy Junction, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Hetch Hetchy Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,484 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use57
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use2
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
9 September 1999Natural8.0 acresCentral California DistrictLIGHTNING 41
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitJ59 / OLD DON PEDRO RD
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSPRINGS
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitLAGRANGE
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitROCK
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTuolumne-Calaveras UnitF#679 108#1 DINEEN
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitFIRE #682 108#4 HUTCH
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitF#680 108#2 STEWARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuolumne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Hetch Hetchy Junction: 9 producers, 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 6 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Magnesite, 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
Don Pedro MineChromium, IronPast Producer1905
Eggling and WilliamsChromium, CopperProducer
Jasper ProspectManganeseProspect1942
Jasper ProspectManganeseOccurrence
PeckGold, CopperUnknown
Clay PitClayOccurrence
Clay PitClayOccurrence
Cooperstown DepositsClayUnknown
PitsClayUnknown
Gray EagleMagnesiteProducer

Every working recorded in Tuolumne 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
Keystone2.6 miles19
Chinese Camp5.6 miles28
Yosemite Junction6.2 miles28
Montezuma7.4 miles28
Black Jack Bluffs8.0 miles20
Stent9.0 miles28
Algerine9.4 miles28
Quartz9.5 miles28

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 Q122590899The 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 1656308. 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.