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.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 34 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.
- 1912 USGS Mt. Goddard quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Mt. Goddard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Mt. Goddard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Mt. Goddard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mt. Goddard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mt. Thompson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Mt. Thompson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | BIG |
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | EGYPT |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | BITTER |
| 20 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | SABRINA LAKE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cardinal Gold Mining Company Claims | Gold, Silver, Iron, Arsenic, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Copconis Prospect | Cobalt | Prospect | ||
| Moffatt Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Atkins Molybdenum Claims | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Atkins Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Atkins Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Moly Blue Prospect | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Black Monster | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Brackett Tungsten | Tungsten | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Aspendell | $25,000 | Several large mud slides covered and closed Highway 168 near Aspendell, with about 50 people stranded. The highway was closed for several days. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Aspendell | $6,000 | More mud slides occurred across Highway 168 near Aspendell, essentially erasing progress made by crews cleaning up from the previous day's event. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Aspendell | $5,000 | Highway 168 was covered with water and debris between the North Lake turnoff and Lake Sabrina. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Aspendell | $1,000 | South Lake Road was closed. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Aspendell | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson Mill | 6.5 miles | 26 | |
| Scheelite | 10.5 miles | 34 | |
| Rocking K | 10.5 miles | 26 | |
| Oteys Sierra Village | 11.1 miles | 26 | |
| West Bishop | 11.4 miles | 26 | |
| Keough Hot Springs | 11.8 miles | 26 | |
| Rovana | 12.1 miles | 33 | |
| Sunland (historical) | 12.2 miles | 26 |
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 Aspendell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4807864 | 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 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.











