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Aspen Springs, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93546. The Survey maps it on the Toms Place quadrangle. 70 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,110 feet above sea level.

Aspen Springs within Mono County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Aspen Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Aspen Springs, surveyed 1914

Population over time

2 figures

Aspen Springs grew from 65 to 70 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.

YearPeople Change
201065
202070+5 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Aspen Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,902 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 2 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
Natural45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
3 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresInyo National ForestTEN
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestIRIS
17 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreInyo National ForestTOMS
17 September 1992Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
13 September 2015Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestRED
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestROCK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Aspen Springs: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Pumice, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Molybdenum. 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
Hilton Creek MineGold, TungstenPast Producer
Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. MineTungsten, MolybdenumProducer
Payday ProspectTungsten, SilverProspect
Delta PlacerPumiceProducer
Delta Placer MinePumicePast Producer
Nicoll Hilton Creek MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer
Phelps Hilton Creek MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerMolybdenite, Scheelite
Open Pits Filipelli ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Phelps Hilton Creek MineTungstenPast Producer
ProspectTungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mono 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
Toms Place1.8 miles25
South Landing2.2 miles25
North Landing5.8 miles25
Whitmore Hot Springs7.5 miles28
Mesa Camp8.1 miles27
Benton Crossing10.3 miles28
Old Mammoth15.1 miles29
Mammoth Lakes15.2 miles29

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 Aspen SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1647229The 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 1667692. 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.