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Hooper, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCloud-Medicine Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96057. It lies near Signal Butte. The Survey maps it on the McCloud quadrangle.

Hooper within Siskiyou County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hooper, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hooper, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 35 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Hooper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined24
Natural23
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLIGHTINING 20
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #2
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #3
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMOTT #4
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitMCCLOUD MILL
6 September 2016Smokingunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestSKI
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSiskiyou UnitHIGHWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hooper: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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
Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Hedge Creek Copper ProspectCopperPast Producer
Victoria Qtz. ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Victoria Quartz MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Lucky DayGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou 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
McCloud1.4 miles35
Signal Butte1.7 miles35
Ash Creek Junction4.4 miles35
Shasta Springs5.5 miles31
Esperanza (historical)5.9 miles35
Mott6.1 miles30
Shasta Retreat6.3 miles31
Howard6.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658774. 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.