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Hoboken, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95527. It stands on China Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denny quadrangle.

Hoboken within Trinity County

Then and now

1909 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoboken, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hoboken, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Hoboken between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,526 acres in total. 52 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
Natural52
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestGRAYS
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestTIRED
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestCHINA
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestFALLS
17 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestRANCH
13 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Hoboken: 20 past producers, 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Platinum. 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
BuckhornGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Good LuckGold, Silver, PlatinumPast Producer
Hawkins BarGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
IronsideGold, Platinum, SilverPast Producer
Last ChanceCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Last Chance ClaimManganeseOccurrence1941
New RiverLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
AlwoodBarium-BariteProducer
AlwoodBarium-BaritePast Producer
Betty LouGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Hawkins Bar4.7 miles19
Denny4.9 miles19
Trinity Village5.0 miles19
Quinby5.4 miles19
Burnt Ranch5.5 miles19
Salyer8.0 miles19
Del Loma9.0 miles20
Big Bar13.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656073. 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.