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Aspendell, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bishop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. It lies near Jawbone Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Thompson quadrangle. It stands 8,409 feet above sea level.

Aspendell within Inyo County

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Aspendell, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Aspendell, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Aspendell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,604 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural18
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestBIG
6 September 1992Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestEGYPT
26 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestBITTER
20 September 1994Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
2 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
12 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestSABRINA LAKE

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Aspendell: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Cobalt. 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
CardinalGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Cardinal Gold Mining Company ClaimsGold, Silver, Iron, Arsenic, Copper, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Copconis ProspectCobaltProspect
Moffatt MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Atkins Molybdenum ClaimsMolybdenumOccurrence
Atkins ProspectMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Atkins ProspectMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Moly Blue ProspectMolybdenumProspect
Black MonsterTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Brackett TungstenTungstenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aspendell in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Flash FloodAspendell$25,000Several large mud slides covered and closed Highway 168 near Aspendell, with about 50 people stranded. The highway was closed for several days.
July 2018Flash FloodAspendell$6,000More mud slides occurred across Highway 168 near Aspendell, essentially erasing progress made by crews cleaning up from the previous day's event.
July 2011Flash FloodAspendell$5,000Highway 168 was covered with water and debris between the North Lake turnoff and Lake Sabrina.
March 2023FloodAspendell$1,000South Lake Road was closed.
July 2015HailAspendell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Inyo 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
Peterson Mill6.5 miles26
Scheelite10.5 miles34
Rocking K10.5 miles26
Oteys Sierra Village11.1 miles26
West Bishop11.4 miles26
Keough Hot Springs11.8 miles26
Rovana12.1 miles33
Sunland (historical)12.2 miles26

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 AspendellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4807864The 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 1667268. 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.

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.