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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Then and now
1945 to 1998The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1945 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 96 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CDF KONOCTI CAMP KELSEYVI |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIGHLAND |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | YOGI |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | OBSERVATION |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LOCH LOMOND |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MIDDLE |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SIEGLER CANYON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Prince | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kims Yard Ii | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini Hill | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clearlake Gem Mining Company | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Bottle Rock Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Copany and Jones Prospect | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Copper Prince Mine | Copper | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hobergs | $1,100 | A slide covered half of the hwy 175 near Adams, CA.|Lat. 38.86N, Long. -122.72W. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hobergs | - | Heavy rain in Lake County over 2 inches 24hr elevation 3200 feet. |
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hobergs | - | A trained spotter reported that 5.75 inches of rain had fallen over 24 hours. The 2 day total was 6.68 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Grove | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Loch Lomond | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Cobb | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ettawa Springs | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Forest Lake | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Glenbrook | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Whispering Pines | 2.2 miles | 20 |
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 Hobergs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5875011 | 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 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.










