Hoopa, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95546. It stands on Supply Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hoopa quadrangle. 3,167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1925 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1925 against another survey:
On record in Hoopa
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Hoopa Valley Adobelisted 2013
Population over time
3 figuresHoopa grew from 3,040 to 3,167 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,040 | |
| 2010 | 3,393 | +353 (+12%) |
| 2020 | 3,167 | -226 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1925 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Hoopa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4,228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4,228 fires within 5 miles of Hoopa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,940 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 2993 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2993 |
| Debris and open burning | 766 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 154 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 110 |
| Fireworks | 51 |
| Natural | 41 |
| Other causes | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | TISH TANG 11 |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | SHOEMAKER 4 |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | TISH TANG #3 |
| 9 September 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | MARSHALL # 2 |
| 9 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | TISH TANG # 12 |
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoopa Valley Tribe | RODEO #3 |
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Hoopa Valley Tribe | RODEO #2 |
| 9 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoopa Valley Tribe | BIGHILL #6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hoopa: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Ranch | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Bluff | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Bluff | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Sugar Bowl | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hoopa Indian Reservation | Chromium | Occurrence | Float | |
| Hoopa Indian Reservation | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Hoopa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rowland Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sam Brown Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1942 | |
| Sam Brown World War No. 2 Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoopa in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 heavy rain, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | $1,500,000 | Landslide along highway 96 near Tish Tang Campground. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | $3,500 | A landslide from heavy rain blocking both lanes of Highway 96, 4 miles north northwest of Hoopa, CA. Lat. 41.11N, Long. -123.69W. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | $1,100 | Heavy rain likely caused a slide on hwy 96, 3 miles south southeast of Hoopa. |Lat. 41.01N, Long -123.64W. |
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | $1,100 | Rocks in both lanes 3 miles south southeast of Hoopa, CA. LAT. 41.01N, LONG. 123.65W. |
| December 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | - | Rocks in both lanes of Highway 96 near Tish Tang Campground. |
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | - | Landslide reported 1 mile south of Hoopa, closing hwy 96. LAT. 41.04N, LONG. -123.67W. |
| January 2023 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | - | Roadway blocked by a rock slide. |
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | - | Heavy rain caused a landslide along HWY 96 south of Hoopa. |
| December 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hoopa | - | Heavy rain caused mud and rock to flow. |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | Hoopa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pekwuteu (historical) | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ertlerger (historical) | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Weitchpec | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Martins Ferry (historical) | 11.7 miles | 17 | |
| Waseck | 12.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lockharts (historical) | 13.8 miles | 16 | |
| Opegoi (historical) | 14.9 miles | 16 |
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 Hoopa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5898327 | 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 1658773. 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.








