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Hildreth, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oakhurst-North Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93626. It stands on Hildreth Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Millerton Lake West quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.

Hildreth within Madera County

Then and now

1912 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hildreth, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Hildreth, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Hildreth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,092 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitRD 200 / MERCER RD
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCAPITOL
7 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitTOPPING
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLILY
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictWITT
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitSMALLEY IC
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSPRING
22 September 2015Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitGOLD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madera County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Hildreth: 39 past producers, 37 prospects, 19 unknowns, 5 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Big ChiefGold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Hazelton and Kennedy ClaimManganeseProspect1918
Mt. Tungsten ProspectTungstenProducerScheelite
Mt. Tungsten ProspectTungstenPast Producer
Big ChiefCopper, GoldProspect
FlorenceGold, SilverUnknown
HardscrabbleGold, SilverPast Producer
Old ReedCopperOccurrence
Old ReedCopperUnknown
Williams & ParkerGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madera 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
Magnet (historical)3.4 miles25
O'Neals3.5 miles25
Fine Gold5.7 miles26
Fort Miller (historical)6.6 miles31
Indian Springs6.6 miles31
Indian Lakes Estates7.5 miles25
Willow Glen (historical)8.2 miles25
Narbo (historical)8.3 miles25

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 HildrethAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5761720The 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 1658751. 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.