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Hunts Hill, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Grass Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95959. It lies near Gas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Park quadrangle. It stands 2,904 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hunts Hill within Nevada County

Then and now

1891 to 2000

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hunts Hill (historical), surveyed 2000
Topographic sheet of Hunts Hill (historical), surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 36 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

348 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Hunts Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,646 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined112
Debris and open burning103
Equipment and vehicle use57
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural18
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer Unit5 MILE
7 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitPASQUALE
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTahoe National ForestBANNER 2
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitFOREBAY
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROLLINS
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTahoe National ForestGRAVE
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitSCOTT
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionTUMBLING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 331 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 331 workings within 5 miles of Hunts Hill (historical): 131 occurrences, 107 past producers, 82 unknowns, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Banner and CentralGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, TungstenPast ProducerGold
Big BlueGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Canada HillGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, TinPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
DelhiGold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Dutch Flat DistrictGold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, IndiumPast Producer1849
Federal Loan & ConsolsGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
HusseyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
MurchieGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Murchie MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
NationalGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Red Dog1.7 miles36
Quaker Hill (historical)1.7 miles33
Cascade Shores1.8 miles33
You Bet2.1 miles36
Deer Creek Park2.3 miles33
Scotts Flat3.1 miles33
Little York (historical)3.5 miles36
Crystal Springs (historical)3.7 miles33

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 Hunts Hill (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5943816The 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 1682901. 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.