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Hinton, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Donner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96161. It stands on Juniper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boca quadrangle. It stands 5,499 feet above sea level.

Hinton within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hinton, surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Hinton, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 35 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Hinton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,159 acres in total. 50 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/undetermined71
Recreation and ceremony67
Natural50
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTahoe National ForestRESERVOIR
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitAIRPORT
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionQUARRY
4 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTahoe National ForestBOCA
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestNORTH
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGREY
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSOMERSET
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBRONCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hinton: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Uranium, Pumice. 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
Hirschdale PitPumiceProducer
Martis Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
Truckee Canyon GroupUraniumOccurrence
Truckee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedGoldPast ProducerUnderground
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Hirschdale0.5 miles34
Boca1.3 miles35
Union Mills2.3 miles34
Iceland2.5 miles35
Prosser (historical)2.7 miles36
Bronco2.8 miles35
Floriston3.1 miles35
Polaris4.1 miles36

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 Q5767617The 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 1658759. 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.