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Lockharts, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Willow Creek-Hoopa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95556. It lies near Black Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hopkins Butte quadrangle. It stands 1,795 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.

Lockharts within Humboldt County

Then and now

1925 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lockharts (historical), surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Lockharts (historical), surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lockharts (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142,544 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestANTENNA
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSix Rivers National ForestRED CAP
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestLUBBS
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreKlamath National Forestnot named
25 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSix Rivers National Forestnot named
19 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSix Rivers National Forestnot named
13 September 2003Natural3.0 acresSix Rivers National ForestLE PERRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Lockharts (historical): 17 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Silver, 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
Kublia Gold ProspectSilver, Copper, GoldUnknown
Red CapCopperOccurrence
Red Cap CreekCopperOccurrence1880
Red GapChromiumProducerChromite
Red GapChromiumPast Producer
Humboldt AlmadenSilverOccurrence
Little JoeGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed LocationSilverUnknown
Ferris MineMercuryProspect
Ferris MineMercuryProducerHYDROTHERMAL

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
Opegoi (historical)5.6 miles16
Orleans6.3 miles16
Panamenik (historical)6.4 miles16
Wright Place9.5 miles14
Dyer Place (historical)9.6 miles16
Pekwuteu (historical)9.9 miles16
Weitchpec10.1 miles16
Ertlerger (historical)10.1 miles16

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 Q6665531The 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 1665249. 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.