Hiouchi, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95531. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hiouchi quadrangle. 314 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 171 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1929 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1929 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresHiouchi grew from 301 to 314 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 301 | |
| 2020 | 314 | +13 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1929 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Point St. George quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Hiouchi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Hiouchi quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Hiouchi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | MIDDLE |
| 8 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | KINGS |
| 6 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | GORGE |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | MYRTLE CREEK |
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | LITTLE JIM |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HADDAD #4 |
| 5 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HADDAD #2 |
| 5 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MOVIE LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Hiouchi: 15 occurrences, 13 past producers, 11 producers, 9 unknowns. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Platinum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Gold | |
| Edwards | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Elk Valley Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| French Hill Chrome Mine | Chromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1886, 1958 | |
| Lind Mine | Gold, PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Ora Anna Quartz Mine | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Oro Pino Prospect | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sure Shot | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Uvaldon V Miller | Clay | Producer | ||
| Elk Valley Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Park | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Adams Station | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| French Hill | 5.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gasquet | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Dick | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Tryon Corner | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Crescent City | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Darlingtonia | 7.5 miles | 21 |
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 Hiouchi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6645293 | The 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 261367. 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.









