Hotlum, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Mount Shasta census division. It lies near Cinder Cone. The Survey maps it on the Hotlum quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1998The 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.


Compare 1886 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 32 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
- 1922 USGS Shasta Valley Sheet No 9 quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Dunsmuir quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Weed quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mount Shasta quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Hotlum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Hotlum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Hotlum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,971 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | DILLER |
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | WHITNEY |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Siskiyou Unit | ROSEBURG |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3413 |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | SPRING HILL |
| 3 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | CENTER |
| 29 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BOBCAT |
| 28 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Siskiyou Unit | GALLOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hotlum: 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B S B Cinder Pit | Nickel | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Yellow Butte Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Mills Ranch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurrence | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Shasta Group | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shasta Group | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hotlum in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Hotlum | - | Heavy convective precipitation combined with glacial melt from the Whitney Glacier on Mount Shasta to create a debris flow down Whitney Creek, downstream from the Lava Fire scar. This resulted in the closure of US97 between 1700 PDT and 2100 PDT. |
| September 2021 | Debris Flow | Hotlum | - | A mudslide coming down Whitney Creek on the northwest slope of Mount Shasta impacted Highway 97. This occurred at 0507 PDT on 09/10/21. 0.4 to 0.7 inches of rain fell in the area over four hours. This slide was likely due to the rainfall, combined with glacial melt from the Whitney Glacier. The slide closed Highway 97 for a short time, and one semitrailer truck was stuck in the mud. No injuries or fatalities occurred. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Hotlum | - | Caltrans reported water blocking portions of Highway 97. A rock slide was also blocking most of Highway 96 two miles upriver from Beaver Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham (historical) | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Carrick | 3.2 miles | 32 | |
| Bolam | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Lake Shastina | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Weed | 5.2 miles | 31 | |
| Igerna | 6.1 miles | 31 | |
| Black Butte | 6.2 miles | 31 | |
| Edgewood | 6.3 miles | 31 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558258 | 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 1658785. 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.











