BlockHood Junction, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95639. The Survey maps it on the Courtland quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 85 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
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1908 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1916 USGS Vorden quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1952 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Courtland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hood Junction between 2001 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | not named |
| 17 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | I5 ELKGR |
| 6 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | LODI |
| 27 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | LODI LEVEE |
| 19 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | COURTLAND |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | HOOD |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | STONE LAKE |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | HOOD |
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 Hood Junction: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg Plant | Calcium | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 0.5 miles | 27 | |
| Randall | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Lambert (historical) | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Franklin | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Point Pleasant | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Courtland | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Paintersville | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| Laguna West | 4.7 miles | 22 |
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 Q122558147 | 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 1656075. 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.