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Bennettville, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93541. It stands on Mine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tioga Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bennettville within Mono County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bennettville (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bennettville (historical), surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 32 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Bennettville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 14 started naturally. None 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
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestLAKE
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestFANTAIL
20 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreYosemite National ParkDANA
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestPLATEAU
19 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestFORK FIRE
15 September 1992Smokingunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
1 September 2002Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestROOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Bennettville (historical): 12 past producers, 7 occurrences, 7 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Tungsten. 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
Great Sierra MineGold, SilverPast Producer
May Lundy MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
May Lundy MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1877
Old Glory ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Saddlebag Lake ProspectGold, Silver, TungstenOccurrence
September ClaimsMolybdenumOccurrenceFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
September ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
TiogaLead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein
Crystal LakeGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
September ClaimsMolybdenum, TungstenOccurrenceContact Metamorphic

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
Lundy6.3 miles24
Lee Vining7.5 miles31
Mono Lake7.5 miles24
Virginia Lakes7.9 miles25
Mono City9.4 miles24
Dunderberg Mill11.5 miles25
June Lake Junction13.9 miles31
June Lake14.7 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 253017. 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.