Hough Springs, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lucerne-Clearlake Oaks census division. It stands on Spanish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hough Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1924 to 1996The 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 1924 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1924 USGS Bartlett Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Bartlett Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Bartlett Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Clearlake Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Hough Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Hough Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Hough Springs between 1993 and 2018, burning about 16,252 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | SPRING |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | SPANISH RIDGE |
| 24 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northern California District | HWY 53 |
| 24 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | COOK |
| 14 September 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | QUAIL |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | INDIAN |
| 29 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | INDIAN |
| 26 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 72 acres | Northern California District | INDIAN |
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 Hough Springs: 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Chromium, Mineral Pigments, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartels Bros. Deposit | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Mineral Paint | |
| Bartels Bros. Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Arroyo Lobo | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Arroyo Lobo Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Dow Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkerville (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pole Garden | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bartlett Springs | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Newman Springs | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Clearlake Oaks | 9.9 miles | 21 | |
| Clear Lake Keys | 10.1 miles | 21 | |
| Wild Bill Place | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Rose Place | 10.9 miles | 22 |
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 Hough Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5912866 | 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 261564. 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.








