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Hookton, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95551. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fields Landing quadrangle.

Hookton within Humboldt County

Then and now

1944 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hookton, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hookton, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Hookton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMARSH
9 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBLUFF
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOLETA
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictETTER RANCH
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFERNBRIDGE
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCHRIS
27 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMORGAN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARROLL RD LOLETA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hookton: 4 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Table BluffClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayProspectSedimentary
Weatherby PeachClayProspect
Fernbridge Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mencer Fraser CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Singley Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Beatrice0.9 miles16
Table Bluff1.0 miles16
Table Bluff Rancheria1.6 miles16
Southport Landing2.2 miles16
Fields Landing3.6 miles16
Humboldt Hill3.9 miles16
Fernbridge4.0 miles15
Worswick4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656076. 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.