Honeydew, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garberville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95545. It stands on Upper North Fork Mattole River. The Survey maps it on the Honeydew quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 69 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
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1920 USGS Pt. Delagda quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Point Delgada quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Point Delgada quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Honeydew quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Cape Mendocino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Honeydew between 1992 and 2019, burning about 82 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | WILDER RIDGE RD MATTOL 2 |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | 10 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | HONEYDEW CREEK |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | LANDERGEN |
| 22 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MOODY |
| 19 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MAST |
| 17 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.5 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MATTOLE |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | MATTOLE RD MATTOLE |
| 10 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Humboldt-Del Norte Unit | TRIPPLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Honeydew: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeydew Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honeydew in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Honeydew | - | Wilder Ridge Road closed due to flooding. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Honeydew | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Place | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Westlund Place | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter Place | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bull Creek | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ettersburg | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Petrolia | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Burlington | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dyerville (historical) | 13.0 miles | 12 |
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 Honeydew | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1998517 | 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 1658771. 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.







