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Dolomite, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. The Survey maps it on the Dolomite quadrangle. It stands 3,674 feet above sea level.

Dolomite within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dolomite, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Dolomite, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dolomite between 1992 and 2014, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCentral California DistrictRIVER
22 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictKEELER
17 December 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictDIAZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo 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 Dolomite: 14 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Copper, Lead. 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
Big HornUraniumProspect
Clark BerylBerylliumPast Producer
Far RidgeGold, SilverProspect
Inyo Pit and MillCalciumProducer
Leary MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Leary MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
McIlroy propertyAsbestos, Talc-SoapstonePast ProducerTremolite
PennsylvaniaLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena
PennsylvaniaLead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Premier Marble ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dolomite in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013Flash FloodDolomite$100,000Widespread flash flooding affected Death Valley National Park. Numerous roads were flooded, covered with mud, closed, and/or completely washed out. Several vehicles were stuck in at least two locations due to flooding.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDolomite$75,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole and power lines 11 miles ESE of Furnace Creek, knocking out power to portions of Death Valley for 38 hours. Winds also damaged several roofs in the ranger housing area and flipped a small plane parked in Saline Valley.

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
Mock0.9 miles28
Alico1.5 miles28
Swansea2.9 miles28
Keeler5.9 miles27
Bartlett7.0 miles30
Lone Pine7.2 miles34
Alabama Hills7.7 miles34
Owenyo10.1 miles32

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 DolomiteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5289465The 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 252664. 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.