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Hewes Park, California

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92869. It lies near Crawford Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Orange quadrangle.

Hewes Park within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hewes Park, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Hewes Park, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 46 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

160 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Hewes Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined98
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresCleveland National ForestIRVINE
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2016Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hewes Park: 18 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Calcium, Barium-Barite. 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
Garber Brickk & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Red Hill MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer
Red Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1927
Blue Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cunningham and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
El Modena0.6 miles46
La Paloma0.6 miles46
McPherson0.8 miles46
Panorama Heights1.0 miles46
North Tustin1.6 miles46
Orange2.0 miles46
Wanda (historical)2.2 miles46
Cowan Heights2.2 miles46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701982. 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.