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Hoff, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Atwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95348. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 167 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hoff within Merced County

Then and now

1918 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoff (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Hoff (historical), surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

1,329 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,329 fires within 5 miles of Hoff (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,887 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 135 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/undetermined714
Equipment and vehicle use233
Debris and open burning140
Arson/incendiarism135
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Smoking41
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural2
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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitE BELLEVUE RD ATWATER_CI
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPACIFIC
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitDECOY AV / CONVOY RD
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitROADSIDE 262
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMerced-Mariposa UnitATWATER BL ATWATER_CITY
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitBULK
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitHAGERMAN
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMerced-Mariposa UnitSTATION AV ATWATER_CITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Merced 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
Fergus1.4 miles17
Cuba (historical)2.0 miles17
Buhach2.2 miles17
Castle Gardens2.5 miles17
Fluhr2.6 miles17
Bellevue (historical)3.0 miles16
Nairn (historical)3.1 miles17
Atwater3.7 miles17

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 Q14682285The 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 1661984. 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.