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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.

Hiouchi within Del Norte County

Then and now

1929 to 1997

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 Hiouchi, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hiouchi, surveyed 1929

Compare 1929 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Hiouchi 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.

YearPeople Change
2010301
2020314+13 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

201 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined53
Recreation and ceremony52
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Smoking6
Fireworks5

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMIDDLE
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKINGS
6 September 2008Smokingunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGORGE
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestMYRTLE CREEK
5 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestLITTLE JIM
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #4
5 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHADDAD #2
5 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMOVIE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Del Norte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
EdwardsCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Gold
EdwardsCopperUnknown
Elk Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
French Hill Chrome MineChromium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, PlatinumPast Producer1886, 1958
Lind MineGold, PGEOccurrence
Ora Anna Quartz MineGold, ArsenicPast Producer
Oro Pino ProspectGold, IronPast Producer
Sure ShotGold, SilverPast Producer
Uvaldon V MillerClayProducer
Elk Valley Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Del Norte 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
Douglas Park0.6 miles16
Adams Station5.4 miles21
French Hill5.7 miles21
Gasquet6.5 miles21
Fort Dick6.6 miles21
Tryon Corner7.1 miles18
Crescent City7.3 miles21
Darlingtonia7.5 miles21

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 HiouchiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6645293The 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.