Alpine County, California

127 topographic sheets cover 18 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

California within the United States

Alpine County within California

What the record shows

519 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
The Geographic Names Information System records 18 populated places in this county; 18 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph	Property	Type	Listed	Reference
	Alpine County Courthouse	building	2004	04001074
	Webster Schoolhouse, Old	building	2005	05000071

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,091 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-08, scale 1:63000 — 1955-08-08, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-08-01, scale 1:32000 — 1973-08-01, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-06-01, scale 1:37400 — 1953-06-01, scale 1:37400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-08-06, scale 1:63000 — 1954-08-06, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-08-15, scale 1:63000 — 1954-08-15, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-08-25, scale 1:63000 — 1955-08-25, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-10-17, scale 1:32500 — 1956-10-17, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-07-10, scale 1:24000 — 1967-07-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-07-10, scale 1:34000 — 1967-07-10, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-06-01, scale 1:142000 — 1968-06-01, scale 1:142000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-15, scale 1:80000 — 1969-07-15, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-24, scale 1:114152 — 1970-07-24, scale 1:114152. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-24, scale 1:115908 — 1970-07-24, scale 1:115908. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-24, scale 1:112083 — 1970-07-24, scale 1:112083. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-22, scale 1:176000 — 1971-10-22, scale 1:176000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-22, scale 1:175000 — 1971-10-22, scale 1:175000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-10-22, scale 1:174000 — 1971-10-22, scale 1:174000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-19, scale 1:125000 — 1972-06-19, scale 1:125000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-19, scale 1:123000 — 1972-06-19, scale 1:123000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-07-07, scale 1:128000 — 1972-07-07, scale 1:128000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-07-04, scale 1:80000 — 1974-07-04, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-07-29, scale 1:31000 — 1975-07-29, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-25, scale 1:119000 — 1976-03-25, scale 1:119000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-25, scale 1:118000 — 1976-03-25, scale 1:118000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

14 stations, 35 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

TAMARACK 1903 to 1948, hottest 33.3 C, coldest -42.8 C
MARKLEEVILLE 1909 to 2004, hottest 38.9 C, coldest -31.7 C
WOODFORDS 1909 to 1990, hottest 36.7 C, coldest -27.2 C
TWIN LAKES 1919 to 2000, hottest 35.0 C, coldest -32.2 C
Ebbetts Pass 1978 to 2026, hottest 29.7 C, coldest -31.5 C
Blue Lakes 1980 to 2026, hottest 34.2 C, coldest -29.4 C
Poison Flat 1980 to 2026, hottest 31.5 C, coldest -32.4 C
Spratt Creek 1980 to 2026, hottest 38.4 C, coldest -28.4 C
Monitor Pass 1990 to 2026, hottest 31.3 C, coldest -28.9 C
MARKLEEVILLE CALIFORNIA 1998 to 2026, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -22.2 C
Burnside Lake 2003 to 2026, hottest 29.3 C, coldest -31.7 C
Forestdale Creek 2003 to 2026, hottest 31.2 C, coldest -24.2 C
Horse Meadow 2003 to 2026, hottest 29.5 C, coldest -21.5 C
Carson Pass 2004 to 2026, hottest 28.5 C, coldest -21.8 C

W FK CARSON RV AT WOODFORDS, CA 1900 to 2026
MARKLEEVILLE CK A MARKLEEVILLE, CA 1911 to 1931
CAPLES LK OUTLET NR KIRKWOOD CA 1922 to 1992
E FK CARSON RV ABV SODA SPGS RANGER STATION, CA 1946 to 1949
EF CARSON R ASKV NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1946 to 1951
SILVER CK BLW PENN CR NR MARKLEEVILLE, CA 1946 to 1967
SILVER KING C NR COLEVILLE CA 1946 to 1951
NF STANISLAUS R BL SILVER C CA 1952 to 1987
E FK CARSON RV BLW MARKLEEVILLE CK NR MARKLEEVILLE 1960 to 2026
TRUCKEE-CARSON EF CARSON R BL MARKLEEVILLE CA 1960 to 1980
CAPLES LK SPILLWAY NR KIRKWOOD CA 1969 to 1992
INDIAN CK AT DIAMOND VALLEY NR PAYNESVILLE, CA 1987 to 1991
INDIAN CK AT WOODFORDS, CA 1987 to 1991
LO BLUE LK OUTLET NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1987 to 2025
FREDERICKSBURG CYN CK NR FREDERICKSBURG, CA 1988 to 2001
MEADOW LK OUTLET NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1988 to 2025
UP BLUE LK OUTLET NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1988 to 2025
CAPLES C RELEASE BL CAPLES DAM NR KIRKWOOD CA 1992 to 2025
ASPEN C OVERBURDEN SEEP NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1998 to 2012
BRYANT C BL MOUNTAINEER C NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1998 to 2026
LEVIATHAN C AB ASPEN C NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1998 to 2026
LEVIATHAN C AB MINE NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1998 to 2026
LEVIATHAN MINE ADIT DRAIN NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1998 to 2026
LEVIATHAN C AB MOUNTAINEER C NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1999 to 2026
LEVIATHAN C CHANNEL UNDERDRAIN NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 1999 to 2012
LEVIATHAN MINE PIT FLOW NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2000 to 2026
4L C NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2003 to 2026
ASPEN C ABV LEVIATHAN MINE NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2003 to 2026
MEADOW C BL TWIN LK NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2004 to 2025
NF STANISLAUS R BL UTICA RES NR BEAR VALLEY CA 2005 to 2025
SILVER C BL LK ALPINE NR BEAR VALLEY CA 2005 to 2025
LEVIATHAN MINE PIT JUNCTION BOX NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2009 to 2026
UNNAMED TRIB 1 TO LEVIATHAN C AT LEVIATHAN MINE CA 2010 to 2026
UNNAMED TRIB 2 TO LEVIATHAN C AT LEVIATHAN MINE CA 2010 to 2026
ASPEN C AB LEVIATHAN C NR MARKLEEVILLE CA 2025 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

1 district

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

2-1Judical Township 1

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,158 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,158 of them, burning about 50,104 acres. 859 started naturally and 7 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	859
Recreation and ceremony	130
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	63
Smoking	26
Debris and open burning	25
Equipment and vehicle use	24
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Arson/incendiarism	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Fireworks	3
Other causes	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
19 June 2015	Natural	17,790 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WASHINGTON
17 June 2001	Recreation and ceremony	14,500 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MARTIS
18 August 2017	Natural	4,426 acres	Stanislaus National Forest	MCCORMICK
31 August 2003	Natural	4,102 acres	Stanislaus National Forest	MUDD
10 August 1999	Natural	2,843 acres	Stanislaus National Forest	HIRAM
25 July 2010	Natural	1,142 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WOLF
3 July 2000	Natural	780 acres	Stanislaus National Forest	ARNOT
19 August 2016	Natural	655 acres	Stanislaus National Forest	MOKELUMNE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1998 to 2025

44 of 44 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 44 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $1,796,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Heavy Rain	26
Debris Flow	10
Hail	5
Flood	2
Thunderstorm Wind	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2005	Flood	Woodfords	$1,000,000	Localized flooding was reported on the East Fork Carson River near Markleeville, and in rural areas across the eastern half of the county.
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	$791,000	Mesonet station (MKEC1) located in Markleeville, CA, reported heavy rain total of 1.82 inches. Utility Mesonet sensor also located in Markleeville, CA, reported 2.49 inches in 90 minutes and 2.22 inches in 60 minutes.
July 2015	Hail	Lake Alpine	$5,000	Alpine County Sheriff reported golf ball sized hail at Bear Valley. One of their newer vehicles was damaged by the hail.
August 2025	Debris Flow	Markleeville	-	CalTrans and the California Highway Patrol reports 2 large rocks on the northbound lane of Highway 89 near Markleeville. Also, CHP reported mud, dirt, and rocks at the SR-4 and SR-89 junction south of Markleeville.
August 2024	Heavy Rain	Loope	-	Mesonet station (XXXC1-SNOTEL) located 7.7 mi SW of Coleville, CA, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.50 inches.
July 2024	Heavy Rain	Walker	-	A mesonet station XXXC1(SNOTEL) located 7.7 mi SW of Coleville, CA reported a total rainfall amount of 0.50 inches.
November 2023	Heavy Rain	Loope	-	A mesonet station (MNPC1-SNOTEL) located 1.0 SE Monitor Pass, CA, reported a rainfall storm total of 0.60 inches.
May 2023	Debris Flow	Sorensens	-	CHP reported a few inches of mud and gravel on CA-88 near mile marker 15 west of Woodfords.
June 2023	Debris Flow	Markleeville	-	CHP reported rock and debris flow on the westbound lane of SR89 near Indian Creek road, located 1.0 ENE of Markleeville, CA.
December 2023	Heavy Rain	Loope	-	Mesonet stations (FDCC1) located 1.7 mi SE of Carson Pass, CA (SNOTEL), and (XXXC1) located 7.7 mi SW of Coleville, CA (SNOTEL) reported 24hr rainfall storm totals of 1.1 inches and 1.0 inches respectively.
August 2022	Debris Flow	Markleeville	-	Severe flooding was reported along State Route 89 in and out of Markleeville, CA with numerous debris flows. Roadway damage was also reported, along with reports of vehicles starting to get swept away.
August 2022	Debris Flow	Loope	-	Heavy rain in the vicinity of the Tamarack Fire Burn Scar caused a slide over State Route 4 that was reported by CHP to be 3-4 feet deep and closed the highway in both directions. No rainfall reports in the exact location, but estimates of 0.5-1 were reported to the south and 2-3 to the north, which occurred in a few hours. This is in addition to the heavy rainfall the day before.
August 2022	Debris Flow	Markleeville	-	Grover Hot Springs state park staff reported debris flow over Hot Springs RD due to intense, heavy rainfall. Depth and damage were unknown at this time. Also, Caltrans and CHP reported boulders and rocks in the area with one part of Hot Springs RD starting to wash out. Another road was reported impassible.
July 2021	Flood	Markleeville	-	Caltrans reported several rock slides on Highway 4 between Highway 89 and Ebbetts Pass due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Roadway was closed for a couple hours for cleanup.
July 2021	Debris Flow	Woodfords	-	Debris flows reported by fire services on the Tamarack Fire in Alpine County.
October 2021	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	About 4.38 of rainfall reported by mesonet station MKEC1 located 0.88mi SW of Markleeville, CA.
July 2020	Hail	Lake Alpine	-	Report of 1 inch hail at Highland Lakes Campground. Public report relayed to NWS Reno, then to NWS Sacramento. Time estimated based on radar.
December 2019	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	SNOTEL EBTC1 at Ebbetts Pass reported 6.60 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 8660 ft MSL.
December 2019	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	SNOTEL BSKC1 at Burnside Lake reported 4.40 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 8158 ft MSL.
December 2019	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	RAWS MKEC1 near Markleeville reported 1.98 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 5501 ft MSL.
December 2019	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	ASOS KTVL at South Lake Tahoe Airport reported 1.88 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 6257 ft MSL.
December 2019	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station MKEC1 in Markleeville reported 1.01 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 7 December 1748PST to 8 December 1748PST at an elevation of 5501 feet MSL.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	Mesonet station BSKC1, 3 miles west-northwest of Grover Hot Springs (elevation 8158 feet) reported 0.60 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 13 July 2000PST to 14 July 2000PST.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	Mesonet station FDCC1, 1-mile east-southeast of Carson Pass reported 0.50 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 13 July 2000PST to 14 July 2000PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station MKEC1 near Markleeville, reported 3.64 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0648PST to 23 March 0648PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station MKEC1, Markleeville reported 0.63 inches of rain from 13 March 1148PST to 14 March 0448PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Loope	-	Mesonet station MNPC1, 1 mile southeast of Monitor Pass recorded 0.70 inches of rain from 13 March 1600PST to 14 March 0400PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	Mesonet station FDCC1, 1 mile east-southeast of Carson Pass reported 1.20 inches of rain from 13 March 0300PST to 14 March 0400PST.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	Loope	-	SNOTEL MNPC1 at Monitor Pass (elevation 8304 feet) reported 1.10 inches of rainfall in a 5-hour period from 20 July 1200PST to 1700PST.
July 2018	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station MKEC1, Markleeville (elevation 5501 feet) reported 0.64 inches of rainfall in a 5-hour time period from 23 July 1348PST to 1848PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	Mesonet station TEM13, 4 miles northeast of Hope Valley reported 2.90 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0600PST to 23 March 0600PST.
March 2018	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station MKEC1, Markleeville reported 3.64 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0648PST to 23 March 0648PST.
April 2018	Heavy Rain	Sorensens	-	Mesonet station FDCC1, 1 mile east-southeast of Carson Pass (elevation of 8013 feet) reported 2.40 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 0800PST to 7 April 0800PST.
May 2018	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	Mesonet station SPCC1, 2 miles southeast of Grover Hot Springs (elevation 6062 feet) reported 1.60 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 May 0800PST to 25 May 0800PST.
May 2018	Debris Flow	Loope	-	California Highway Patrol reported multiple debris flows near and south of the intersection of California Highway 4 and California Highway 89 that occurred after heavy rainfall. These debris flows occurred within the area of the Washington Fire burn scar. No damage estimates were available.
July 2015	Hail	Lake Alpine	-	Golf ball size hail fell 1 mile SW of Bear Valley.
July 2015	Debris Flow	Markleeville	-	A mudslide over highway 89 just east of Markleeville caused the road to become impassable.
July 2015	Debris Flow	Loope	-	CALTRANS reported a debris flow in the area of Wolf Creek Road and highway 4, which is in the Washington Fire burn scar area. A debris flow also occurred on highway 89 south of Markleeville. A National Weather Service employee noted about 3 feet of dirt piled up on the sides of the road the day after the flow.
October 2009	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	A total of 3.33 inches of rain fell at the Markleeville RAWS on October 13 through early morning on October 14.
July 2003	Heavy Rain	Markleeville	-	A spotter reported .75 inches of rain in an hour from a thunderstorm.
December 2005	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Woodfords	-	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Markleeville	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Lake Alpine	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

190 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 190 workings inside this county. 13 still produce and 177 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	105
Silver	76
Tungsten	15
Copper	14
Gold, Silver	8
Sand and Gravel, Construction	7
Uranium	6
Molybdenum	5
Lead	5
Silver, Copper	5
Sulfur	4
Stone, Crushed/Broken	4
Silver, Gold	3
Calcium	3

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Advance	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Alhambra Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Alpine Happy Thought	Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Gold
Alpine Mine	Tungsten, Iron, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Scheelite
Cal-Pine Mine	Tungsten, Gold	Past Producer	Hematite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Cindy and Deer Claims	Gold, Silver, Uranium	Unknown
Colorado Hill	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Curtz Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Dixon Mine	Copper, Antimony, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Drumlummon Claim	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Drumlummon Claim	Copper, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Exchequer	Silver, Gold, Antimony	Past Producer
Exchequer and Ixl Mines	Gold, Antimony, Silver	Occurrence
Globe Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Unknown
Grover Hot Spring	Geothermal	Unknown
Grovers Hot Springs Deposit	Limestone, General, Magnesite	Past Producer	Calcite
Heise Boulder Quarry	Bromine	Producer
I X L	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	Argentite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite
Joe Larsen Claim	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Gold
Joe Larsen Claim	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Leviathan	Copper, Sulfur, Gold, Silver	Producer	Replacement
Leviathan	Sulfur, Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Mercury	Past Producer	Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Gold, Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Sulfur
Leviathan Mine	Sulfur, Selenium, Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Lincoln	Gold, Silver, Manganese	Past Producer	Gold
Merrill Borrow Pit	Stone	Producer
Morning Star	Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Morning Star	Gold, Antimony, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Silver Mtn. Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Uncle Billy Rogers Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Valpine Mine	Gold, Tungsten, Iron	Past Producer	Hematite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Zaca	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Antimony	Past Producer	1857
Zaca Mine	Tungsten, Silver, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Zaca Mine & Mill	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten	Plant	1862, 1864
Advance	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Galena
Allumbra Mine	Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten	Past Producer
Alpine Mine	Molybdenum, Tungsten	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
B. and J Mine	Gold, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Lost Cabin	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Lost Cabin	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Mogul Peak Claim	Mercury	Prospect
Mogul Peak Prospect	Mercury	Past Producer	Cinnabar
Red Gap	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1963
Round Top	Gold, Copper, Lead	Prospect
Sunrise Copper Prospect	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Dixon Brothers	Silver, Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Globe	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Hope Valley No 1	Calcium	Occurrence
Hope Valley No 2	Calcium	Occurrence
Hope Valley No 3	Calcium	Occurrence
Hot Springs Valley Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Kit Carson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
The Dot Nos. 1	Sulfur	Unknown
The Dot Nos. 1 - 44	Sulfur	Producer	Sulfur
Twin Lakes Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Woodfords Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Alpine Mine	Molybdenum	Producer	Contact Metamorphic
Black Jack	Lead	Occurrence	Galena
Black Jack	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Black Jack Prospect	Lead	Unknown
Globe	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Libby Group	Molybdenum	Producer
Orion	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena
Round Top	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Silver Hill Prospects	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Pyrite
Winnemucca Lake	Molybdenum	Past Producer	Molybdenite
Winnemucca Lake	Molybdenum	Occurrence
Bolin Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Geranium Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Mary E	Uranium	Past Producer
Mary E.	Uranium	Occurrence
Peppermint	Uranium	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Shirley Claims	Uranium	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Alpine County Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Burns Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
East Carson River	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Nevada Lumber	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sutherland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unidentified Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Unidentified Working	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Alpine Mine Happy Thought Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Boulder Hill	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Quartz
Cal-Pine	Tungsten, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Colorado No.2 Tarshish	Gold, Silver	Producer
Lady Franklin	Gold, Silver	Producer
Alpine Fairview	Copper, Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Alpine Fairview Mine	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Dixon	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
East Section 11 Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Keneback	Copper	Occurrence
Stella	Copper	Past Producer	Underground
Stella	Copper	Prospect
Uncle Billy Rogers	Copper	Past Producer
Unnamed	Copper	Occurrence
Alpine	Tungsten	Occurrence
Alpine Mine	Tungsten	Producer
Alpine Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
Bull Run No. 1	Tungsten, Gold	Prospect
Burnside Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer	Scheelite
Cal-Pine	Tungsten	Occurrence
Cal-Pine Mine Valpine	Tungsten	Producer
Snod Grass	Tungsten	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Snod Grass	Tungsten	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Snodgrass Creek Prospect	Tungsten	Prospect
Valpine	Tungsten	Past Producer	1952
Valpine-Burnside Lake	Tungsten	Occurrence
Wolframite	Tungsten	Occurrence
Acacia Claim	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Alpine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Pyrite
Alpine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
B and J	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Balaklava	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Bueno	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Bueno	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
California-Illinois	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Colorado Hill	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Colorado No 2	Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Columbine Claim	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Curtz	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Dixon Brothers Prospect	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Esmeralda	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Esmeralda	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Flint	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Fremont	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Fremont	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Fremont	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
George M. Williams Ranch	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Georgiana	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Georgiana	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Highland Mary	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
I.X.L.	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Imperial Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Imperial Group	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Isabella	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold, Pyrite
Isabella	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Lady Franklin	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Lady Franklin	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Last Resort	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Last Resort	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Lawler Ranch	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Lincoln Flint	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Mammoth	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Mammoth	Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Manchester	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Manchester	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Marion	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Marion	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Merrimac	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold, Silver
Merrimac	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Monitor	Silver	Producer
Monitor	Silver	Unknown
Mountain Gold & Silver	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Mtn Gold and Silver	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Orion	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Orphan Boy Prospect	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Pennsylvania	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Pennsylvania	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Raymond Meadows Creek	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Red Gap	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Silver Cloud	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Silver Cloud	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Silver Hill	Silver	Unknown
Silver Hill Mine	Silver	Occurrence
Silver King	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Silver King	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Silver Mtn	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
St. Helena	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
St. Helena	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Unidentified Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Unnamed Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Washington	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Washington	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Washington Garfield	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Winchester	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Gold
Winchester	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Balaklava	Gold	Past Producer	Pyrite
Boulder Hill	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Boulder Hill	Gold	Occurrence
Dixon Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Good Hope	Gold	Past Producer	1863
Good Hope Mine	Gold	Unknown
Highland Mary Etal	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Hilltop Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Raymond	Gold	Past Producer
Raymond Meadows Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Silver Cloud	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Unidentified Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Vance	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Vance Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Wolf Creek Group	Gold	Past Producer
Wolf Creek Group Later Known As Boulder Hill Group	Gold	Occurrence

Collected here, 1860 to 1975

8 of 12,851 shown

Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 12,851 of them, by kingdom 11,729 animalia, 693 plantae, 414 fungi, 10 unrecorded, 5 protozoa. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by CAS, CASC, EMEC, MVZ, UCFC, USDA-ARS among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Year	Species	Kingdom	Where	Collector	Catalogue
1860	Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836)	Animalia	Fallen Leaf Lake	V. Burke	CUMV 71369
1863	Arabis platysperma A.Gray	Plantae	Ebbetts Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.066246
1863	Astragalus L.	Plantae	Summit of mountain near Sonora Pass	W H. Brewer	YPM YU.004305
1863	Astragalus ineptus A.Gray	Plantae	On mountain, near Sonora Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.004107
1863	Astragalus platytropis A.Gray	Plantae	Summit of mountain near Sonora Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.001449
1863	Astragalus whitneyi A.Gray	Plantae	Summit of mountain near Sonora Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.004451
1863	Bryanthus breweri A.Gray	Plantae	Woods Peak, near Carson Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.065546
1863	Calamagrostis breweri Thurb.	Plantae	Near summit of Carson Pass	William H. Brewer	YPM YU.064618

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Alpine Village

Markleeville census division · 96120 · Near West Carson Canyon · Woodfords quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Bear Valley

Markleeville census division · 95223 · Near Bloods Meadow · Tamarack quadrangle

30 sheets, 1891 to 2001
Cape Horn

Markleeville census division · 95223 · Near Cliff Meadow · Spicer Meadow Reservoir quadrangle

27 sheets, 1896 to 2001
Centerville

Markleeville census division · On Centerville Flat · Heenan Lake quadrangle

29 sheets, 1889 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Fredericksburg

Markleeville census division · 96120 · In Fredericksburg Canyon · Woodfords quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Kirkwood

95646 · On Kirkwood Creek · Caples Lake quadrangle

32 sheets, 1889 to 1992
Lake Alpine

Markleeville census division · 95223 · Near Bee Gulch · Tamarack quadrangle

30 sheets, 1891 to 2001
Loope

Markleeville census division · 96120 · Near Goskey Canyon · Heenan Lake quadrangle

29 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Marklee Village

Markleeville census division · 96120 · On Spratt Creek · Markleeville quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Markleeville

Markleeville census division · 96120 · On Millberry Creek · Markleeville quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Mesa Vista

Markleeville census division · 96120 · Near Larson Canyon · Woodfords quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Mount Bullion

Markleeville census division · On Monitor Creek · Heenan Lake quadrangle

29 sheets, 1889 to 1985

No longer a settlement
Paynesville

Markleeville census division · 96120 · Near Wade Valley · Woodfords quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Peaceful Pines

Markleeville census division · 95223 · Near Sand Flat · Dardanelles Cone quadrangle

26 sheets, 1896 to 2001
Shay Creek Summer Home Area

Markleeville census division · 96120 · On Shay Creek · Markleeville quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985
Silver Mountain

Markleeville census division · Near IXL Canyon · Ebbetts Pass quadrangle

32 sheets, 1889 to 2001

No longer a settlement
Sorensens

Markleeville census division · 96120 · On Willow Creek · Freel Peak quadrangle

31 sheets, 1889 to 1992
Woodfords

Markleeville census division · 96120 · Near West Carson Canyon · Woodfords quadrangle

28 sheets, 1889 to 1985

The vanished settlements of Alpine County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.