Hooker, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Red Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96022. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1965 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
456 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Hooker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,445 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 181 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BRINCAT,E |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | VALLEY 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SADDLEBACK |
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | REEDS |
| 6 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | MCCASLIN,R |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | SMOAK, R |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | BOWMAN |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tehama-Glenn Unit | CRISEL, G. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hooker: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cottonwood Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hooker Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hooker Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hooker Creek Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooker in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Flood | Hooker | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain near Lake California Drive and Del Mar Drive just east of Interstate 5. |
| November 2024 | Flood | Hooker | - | California Highway Patrol reported the roadway is completely washed out from heavy rain. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Hooker | - | Hail blanketed the ground to 2 inches deep on Bowman Rd. near Interstate 5. Most of the hail was pea size. There were 3 car accidents reported in the area on Interstate 5 during the hail event, with two ambulances dispatched. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninemile (historical) | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Blunt | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bend | 7.0 miles | 26 | |
| Red Bluff | 9.7 miles | 27 | |
| Rosewood | 12.3 miles | 20 | |
| Walker Place (historical) | 12.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hercraff Place | 13.2 miles | 20 | |
| Dales | 13.6 miles | 23 |
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 Hooker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888565 | 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 252692. 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.






