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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.

Dog Town within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Dog Town (historical), surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Dog Town (historical), surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

54 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
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
28 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictTRABERTINE
19 September 1994Natural5.0 acresCentral California DistrictDOG CREEK
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCAMERON
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use28 acresCentral California DistrictGREEN CREEK
7 August 1992Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
30 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictBIG HOT
28 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictWILLOW
26 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use163 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHUNEWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Chance ClaimsGraphiteOccurrence
Green MeadowGold, SilverPast Producer
Virginia Dog Creek PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer
CalmonoMercuryPast Producer
Calmono MineMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Wedertz QuicksilverMercuryOccurrence
Wedertz QuicksilverMercuryUnknown
Dog Creek PlacersGoldPast Producer
Little Bodie Mining Co.GoldPast ProducerGold
Little Bodie Mining Co.GoldPast Producer

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
Willow Springs1.3 miles24
Dunderberg Mill5.4 miles25
Bridgeport6.2 miles24
Twin Lakes8.2 miles24
Virginia Lakes8.7 miles25
Mono City9.4 miles24
Mono Village (historical)9.6 miles25
Lundy10.1 miles24

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 Q3712528The 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.