Hornbrook, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Hornbrook-Hilt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96044. It lies near Rancheria Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Hornbrook quadrangle. 266 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,172 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1886 to 2001The same ground, surveyed 115 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresHornbrook grew from 248 to 266 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 266 | +18 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1886 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1894 USGS Shasta quadrangle1:250000, 8 printings
- 1932 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:96000
- 1939 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hornbrook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Yreka quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Hornbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Hornbrook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Hornbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,618 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | BAILEY |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | BAILEY #2 |
| 7 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | COLLIER |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | COYOTE |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | RIVER |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | PP&L #3 |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING #190 |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | LIGHTNING # 85 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 59 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Hornbrook: 27 past producers, 15 occurrences, 15 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Hornbrook | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| J F Burger | Platinum | Past Producer | ||
| Nebraska | Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Stough | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Amazon | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Badger State Co. | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Ben Z Bar | Gold | Past 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.
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 Hornbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2340899 | 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 266820. 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.











