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Rocky Hill, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Exeter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93221. It lies near Badger Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,549 feet above sea level.

Rocky Hill within Tulare County

Then and now

1925 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rocky Hill, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Rocky Hill, surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

360 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,867 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 139 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
Arson/incendiarism139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Equipment and vehicle use66
Debris and open burning20
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFRIANT
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCOUNTY OF TULARE#74
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitFLANIKEN
6 September 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitGILL
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTulare UnitSTATE OF CA #71
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitVALLEY
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitS.J.V.R. #11
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROCK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Hill: 14 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, 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
Agnes FletcherGoldProspect
Gill Ranch Chromite DepositsChromium, IronPast Producer1917
Hanggi Ranch DepositAsbestos, MagnesiteProspect
BatyTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Baty MineTungstenProspect
Exeter PitClayProducer
S.P. Brick and Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
HamiltonCopperOccurrence
Hamilton CopperCopperProspect
Thomas JacobsCopperOccurrenceUnderground

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Antes0.9 miles20
Toolville1.0 miles23
Exeter1.3 miles20
Matchin1.8 miles20
Merryman1.8 miles23
List1.8 miles20
Venida2.3 miles20
Grey Rocks (historical)2.4 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 Rocky HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7355803The 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 248308. 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.