Hughes Place, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Feather Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95916. It lies near Swayne Hill. The Survey maps it on the Berry Creek quadrangle. It stands 2,536 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1888 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Bidwell Bar quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Big Bend Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Las Plumas quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Las Plumas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Berry Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Berry Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Hughes Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,341 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 10 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 | 38 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | MOUNTAIN HOUSE |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | FUNES |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | MALCOLM |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,333 acres | Butte Unit | POE |
| 6 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Northern California District | BTU POE |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HAPHAZARD |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SURCEASE |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Plumas National Forest | BAKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Hughes Place: 33 past producers, 22 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Big Bend | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bend Marble Quarry | Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Four L | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pinkston Mine | Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Copper | Past Producer | Barite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Poe | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Reported Collection | Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Surcease | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Surcease Bunker Hill and Treasure Hill | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper | Producer | ||
| Surcease Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Iron | Past Producer | Antimony, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinzing (historical) | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| New Blinzing (historical) | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Brush (historical) | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Isaiah (historical) | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| David (historical) | 2.9 miles | 28 | |
| Big Bend | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| Poe | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Brush Creek | 4.2 miles | 29 |
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 Q5933397 | 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 1658798. 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.












