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Hovley, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Brawley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92227. The Survey maps it on the Westmorland East quadrangle. It lies 138 feet below sea level.

Hovley within Imperial County

Then and now

1944 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hovley, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Hovley, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hovley between 2006 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitASHLEY
29 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert District86 FIRE
22 March 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
13 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
19 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 January 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hovley: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Geothermal. 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
BrawleyGeothermalUnknown
Hebbard ClayClayProducer
Cowan Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit and Mill 576Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Imperial 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
Brawley1.7 miles20
Rockwood3.2 miles20
Citrus View3.5 miles20
Alamorio3.6 miles21
Mayflower (historical)5.1 miles21
Wiest5.5 miles21
Westmorland5.8 miles20
Butlers (historical)6.0 miles21

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 Q5917258The 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 1660772. 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.