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.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresAspen 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 70 | +5 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1914 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Casa Diablo Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Inyo National Forest | TEN |
| 23 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | IRIS |
| 17 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | TOMS |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | RED |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | ROCK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Creek Mine | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| Payday Prospect | Tungsten, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Delta Placer | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Delta Placer Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Nicoll Hilton Creek Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Phelps Hilton Creek Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Molybdenite, Scheelite | |
| Open Pits Filipelli Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Phelps Hilton Creek Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect | Tungsten | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toms Place | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| South Landing | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| North Landing | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Whitmore Hot Springs | 7.5 miles | 28 | |
| Mesa Camp | 8.1 miles | 27 | |
| Benton Crossing | 10.3 miles | 28 | |
| Old Mammoth | 15.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 15.2 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 Aspen Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1647229 | 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 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.









