Mohawk Vista, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Graeagle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96103. It stands on Betterton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blairsden quadrangle. 107 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,944 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMohawk Vista fell from 159 to 107 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 159 | |
| 2020 | 107 | -52 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1891 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Downieville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1937 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Blairsden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Mohawk Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | JOHNSVILLE |
| 8 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | DELLEKER |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | C |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | HORSE |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | PEN |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ROAD |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | BOB |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mohawk Vista: 7 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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 Mohawk Mine | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Feather River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Frazer Queen | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Frazier Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Willow Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Antelope | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Brown Bear | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Bullion | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Laura | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dentens (historical) | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Blairsden | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Graeagle | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Bontes (historical) | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Clio | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Feather River Park | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Feather River Inn (historical) | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Delaney (historical) | 3.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Mohawk Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2737704 | 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 1853401. 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.












