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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.

Hotlum 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 Hotlum, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hotlum, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

147 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined48
Natural30
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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 1998Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestDILLER
6 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestWHITNEY
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSiskiyou UnitROSEBURG
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3413
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitSPRING HILL
3 September 1995Smokingunder an acreSiskiyou UnitCENTER
29 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBOBCAT
28 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSiskiyou UnitGALLOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Siskiyou 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B S B Cinder PitNickelProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Yellow Butte QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionProducer
Mills Ranch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reported OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Shasta GroupStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shasta GroupStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Siskiyou County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodHotlum-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 2021Debris FlowHotlum-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 2017FloodHotlum-Caltrans reported water blocking portions of Highway 97. A rock slide was also blocking most of Highway 96 two miles upriver from Beaver Creek.

Every storm 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
Graham (historical)3.1 miles29
Carrick3.2 miles32
Bolam4.4 miles29
Lake Shastina4.6 miles30
Weed5.2 miles31
Igerna6.1 miles31
Black Butte6.2 miles31
Edgewood6.3 miles31

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 Q122558258The 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.