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Hilt, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Hornbrook-Hilt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It stands on Hunts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hornbrook quadrangle.

Hilt within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 2001

The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hilt, surveyed 2001
Topographic sheet of Hilt, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Hilt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 778 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 2 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
Natural43
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitBAILEY
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI-5 MM2
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitI5 MM 3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSiskiyou UnitBAILEY #2
6 September 2004Smoking12 acresSiskiyou UnitHILT
5 September 2019Natural5.0 acresKlamath National ForestCOLLIERS
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD HWY 99 12697
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictOLD HWY 99

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou 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 Hilt: 17 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Red GoldGold, SilverOccurrence
Red GoldGold, SilverPast Producer
Siskiyou PitTravertinePast Producer
Sterling MountainManganeseUnknown1960
Bear CanyonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Flying Procupine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pilot Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Siskiyou Summit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bear CanyonStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
Cole1.0 miles23
Hornbrook6.9 miles27
Henley7.1 miles27
Swiss Bar10.1 miles27
Gottsville10.8 miles27
Jims Camp11.3 miles27
Ager12.4 miles29
Cinnabar Springs (historical)13.5 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.

Wikipedia article on HiltAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65043813The 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 266807. 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.