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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.

Hough Springs within Lake County

Then and now

1924 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Hough Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Hough Springs, surveyed 1924

Compare 1924 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

31 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
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
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSPRING
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino National ForestSPANISH RIDGE
24 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictHWY 53
24 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCOOK
14 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitQUAIL
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitINDIAN
29 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitINDIAN
26 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use72 acresNorthern California DistrictINDIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bartels Bros. DepositMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Paint
Bartels Bros. DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Arroyo LoboManganeseOccurrence
Arroyo Lobo ClaimManganeseOccurrence1918
Dow ProspectManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Barkerville (historical)2.7 miles15
Pole Garden4.2 miles16
Bartlett Springs5.1 miles16
Newman Springs6.0 miles16
Clearlake Oaks9.9 miles21
Clear Lake Keys10.1 miles21
Wild Bill Place10.1 miles22
Rose Place10.9 miles22

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5912866The 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.