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Old Hilltown, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Salinas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93908. It stands on El Toro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salinas quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Old Hilltown within Monterey County

Then and now

1910 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Hilltown, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Old Hilltown, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

On record in Old Hilltown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 Old Hilltown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49,244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined79
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Firearms and explosives use2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitRIVER
8 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU004147
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCentral California DistrictCELLULAR
30 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Old Hilltown: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
De Ameral-Carmel ValleyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Heins LakeClayOccurrence
HenningsenStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
RiandaStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Salinas BrickyardClayProspectSedimentary
Salinas BrickyardClayPast Producer
HenningsenStoneProducer
HenningsenStoneProducer
RiandaStoneProducer
Unnamed MineStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Springtown1.0 miles27
Spreckels1.4 miles28
Creekside1.9 miles28
Serra Village2.4 miles28
Spreckels Junction2.8 miles27
Salinas3.3 miles27
East Garrison3.7 miles27
Alisal4.3 miles27

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 Old HilltownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7084226The 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 1659290. 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.