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Hite Cove, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Mariposa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95318. It lies near Nutmeg Gulch. The Survey maps it on the El Portal quadrangle. It stands 1,578 feet above sea level.

Hite Cove within Mariposa County

Then and now

1897 to 2004

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hite Cove, surveyed 2004
Topographic sheet of Hite Cove, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Hite Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107,636 acres in total. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning16
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1998Natural1.0 acresSierra National ForestGIMASOL
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYosemite National ParkNEIGHBOR
29 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSierra National ForestHITE
28 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreYosemite National ParkCENTER
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresSierra National ForestRIDGE
25 September 2001Naturalunder an acreStanislaus National ForestTRUMBULL
25 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreYosemite National ParkINCLINE
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSierra National ForestEARLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mariposa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Hite Cove: 58 occurrences, 58 past producers, 12 prospects, 9 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Manganese, Silver. 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 Grizzly GroupGold, TungstenOccurrenceGold, Scheelite
ClearinghouseGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1860
Devils GulchGold, Platinum, Cobalt, Nickel, TinPast ProducerGold
Devils GulchPGE, Cobalt, Nickel, TinUnknown
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteProducer
Emma IGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Ferguson MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1860
Jenkins Hillemory, Richardson, Timertone, Yosemite CementLimestone, GeneralProducer
Old TimerGold, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Original MineGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Mariposa 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
Incline1.4 miles35
Clearing House1.9 miles35
El Portal4.2 miles35
Jerseydale5.3 miles35
Buena Vista5.7 miles35
Foresta6.4 miles35
Briceburg6.7 miles32
Yosemite West7.0 miles29

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 Hite CoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5871882The 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 1656072. 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.