Whitehawk, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Graeagle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96106. It stands on Big Boulder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clio quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,501 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 2000The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresWhitehawk grew from 113 to 144 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 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 144 | +31 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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
- 1955 USGS Sierra City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Portola quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Clio quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 2000 USGS Clio quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Whitehawk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 12 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARMAN |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | C |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | VISTA |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | ROAD |
| 25 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | KELLY |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | CARMAN |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Plumas National Forest | VISTA |
| 19 September 1993 | 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 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Whitehawk: 10 past producers, 10 prospects, 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 4 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 | ||
| Adelaide | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Adelaide | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Agate | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Antelope | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Ranch | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Clio | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Mohawk Vista | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Graeagle | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Dentens (historical) | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Mabie | 5.3 miles | 29 | |
| Delaney (historical) | 5.4 miles | 29 | |
| Blairsden | 5.4 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 Whitehawk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q778197 | 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 1853421. 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.










