Dog Town, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It stands on Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Alkali quadrangle. It stands 7,057 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1909 to 1989The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1909 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1920 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bodie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Big Alkali quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Dog Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,730 acres in total. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | TRABERTINE |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Central California District | DOG CREEK |
| 18 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CAMERON |
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Central California District | GREEN CREEK |
| 7 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | BIG HOT |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | WILLOW |
| 26 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 163 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HUNEWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Dog Town (historical): 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Mercury, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Chance Claims | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Green Meadow | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Virginia Dog Creek Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Calmono | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Calmono Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Wedertz Quicksilver | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Wedertz Quicksilver | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Dog Creek Placers | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Little Bodie Mining Co. | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Little Bodie Mining Co. | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dunderberg Mill | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Bridgeport | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Twin Lakes | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Virginia Lakes | 8.7 miles | 25 | |
| Mono City | 9.4 miles | 24 | |
| Mono Village (historical) | 9.6 miles | 25 | |
| Lundy | 10.1 miles | 24 |
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 Dog Town (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3712528 | 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 274802. 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.









