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Hobergs, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95426. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 3,015 feet above sea level.

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Hobergs within Lake County

Then and now

1945 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hobergs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hobergs, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Hobergs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153,646 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined96
Equipment and vehicle use55
Debris and open burning46
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2

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/undetermined1.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitYOGI
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOBSERVATION
3 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH LOMOND
3 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use35 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMIDDLE
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSIEGLER CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Hobergs: 39 occurrences, 15 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Mercury, Stone, Dimension. 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
Copper PrinceCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kims Yard IiClayProducer
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationTinOccurrence
Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini HillGemstoneOccurrence
Clearlake Gem Mining CompanyGemstoneOccurrence
Bottle Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Copany and Jones ProspectAsbestosUnknown
Copper Prince MineCopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobergs in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025Heavy RainHobergs$1,100A slide covered half of the hwy 175 near Adams, CA.|Lat. 38.86N, Long. -122.72W.
February 2019Heavy RainHobergs-Heavy rain in Lake County over 2 inches 24hr elevation 3200 feet.
December 2019Heavy RainHobergs-A trained spotter reported that 5.75 inches of rain had fallen over 24 hours. The 2 day total was 6.68 inches.

Every storm recorded in Lake 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
Adams0.9 miles20
Pine Grove1.1 miles20
Loch Lomond1.4 miles20
Cobb1.5 miles20
Ettawa Springs1.6 miles20
Forest Lake1.8 miles20
Glenbrook1.9 miles18
Whispering Pines2.2 miles20

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 HobergsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5875011The 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 225376. 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.