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Hume, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93628. It lies near Long Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Hume quadrangle. It stands 5,344 feet above sea level.

Hume within Fresno County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hume, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Hume, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Hume between 1992 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 36 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
Recreation and ceremony47
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestBURTON
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksSWALE
4 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestTEN MILE
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestKV
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestBOYDEN
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestEVANS
30 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestKINGS
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksCONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hume: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Tungsten, Chromium. 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
Lockwood CreekGold, Tungsten, ChromiumUnknown
Way-UpGoldPast Producer
Indian Gap No 1TungstenOccurrence
Scheelite Queen & 3 ClaimsTungstenUnknown
Tehipite GroupTungstenUnknown
Unnamed OccurrencesTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

Every working recorded in Fresno County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hume in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodHume-Fresno County Emergency Manager reported the USFS Rd. 13S42 had a significant washout during the evening of January 9 following a day with persistent moderate to heavy rainfall. About 300 people remained stuck at the Hume Lake campgrounds due to the road being closed.

Every storm recorded in Fresno 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
Hume Station0.8 miles27
Millwood (historical)5.6 miles23
Goodmill5.8 miles25
Cedarbrook7.4 miles23
Neffs Camp7.4 miles23
Etheda Springs8.0 miles23
Pinehurst8.2 miles23
Deer Crossing9.7 miles23

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 HumeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682417The 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 1658799. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.