Hobart Mills, California
31 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. The Survey maps it on the Hobart Mills quadrangle.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 31 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.
- 1891 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Hobart Mills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 2000 USGS Hobart Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Hobart Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 836 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | SAGEHEN |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | GREY |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | ALDER |
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | SAGEHEN |
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CREEK |
| 28 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | HILL 2 |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | WEDDING |
| 24 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | SAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hobart Mills: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sha-Neva-Plant No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hirschdale Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Red Rock Aggregates | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Working | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobart Mills in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 heavy rain, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hobart Mills | - | COOP and CoCoRahs observers, trained spotters, and Mesonet/ASOS sites reported rainfall amounts ranging from 1.0-3.0 in the area of Glenshire-Devonshire/Donner Peak, CA, and 4.0-6.0 in and around Truckee, CA. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hobart Mills | - | SNOTEL near Independence Lake reported 4.50 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 8337 ft MSL. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Hobart Mills | - | Mesonet station PSRC1, 1 mile east of Prosser Creek Reservoir (elevation 5776 feet) reported 1.02 inches of rainfall from 23 July 1445PST to 1615PST. |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Hobart Mills | - | Spotter report of 24 hour rainfall total of 2.70 inches. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Hobart Mills | - | National Weather Service official observer reported 1/2 to 1 inch hail at Sagehen Creek. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hobart Mills | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosser Lakeview Estates | 2.7 miles | 36 | |
| Prosser Lake Heights | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Prosser (historical) | 3.7 miles | 36 | |
| Olympic Heights | 4.7 miles | 36 | |
| Boca | 4.9 miles | 35 | |
| Polaris | 4.9 miles | 36 | |
| Truckee | 5.0 miles | 36 | |
| Ponderosa Fairway Estates | 5.1 miles | 36 |
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 Q122556010 | 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 1658762. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










