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Humboldt Hill, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95503. It stands on Orton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fields Landing quadrangle. 3,498 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Humboldt Hill within Humboldt County

Then and now

1944 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Humboldt Hill, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Humboldt Hill, surveyed 1944

Population over time

2 figures

Humboldt Hill grew from 3,414 to 3,498 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,414
20203,498+84 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 145 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony22
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMARSH
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitGILL
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitELK
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCUTTEN
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEECHWOOD
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitMCKAY
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictETTER RANCH
28 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHUM20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Humboldt Hill: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fred Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayOccurrence
Freshwater SloughClayProspect
LoofbourrowClayOccurrence
Table BluffClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayProspectSedimentary
Weatherby PeachClayProspect

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Elk River1.1 miles16
Spruce Point1.3 miles16
Fields Landing1.3 miles16
King Salmon1.8 miles16
Pine Hills2.0 miles16
Ridgewoods Heights2.3 miles16
Pine Hill2.8 miles19
Rosewood3.2 miles19

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 Humboldt HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2175550The 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 1867030. 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.