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Dunderberg Mill, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It lies near Sinnamon Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Lundy quadrangle. It stands 8,609 feet above sea level.

Dunderberg Mill within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunderberg Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Dunderberg Mill, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Dunderberg Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 879 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
20 September 1995Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDUNDERBERG SPRING
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGREEN FIRE
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCAMERON
16 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTAMARACK
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use28 acresCentral California DistrictGREEN CREEK
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
7 August 1992Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Dunderberg Mill: 11 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Cooney Zinc MineZinc, Lead, SilverOccurrenceReplacement
Cooney Zinc MineLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Lake View CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincProspect
Tamarack Extension No. 1Silver, GoldOccurrenceLimonite
Ruby PlacerMercuryUnknown
Ruby Placer #197 Ethel Placer#198MercuryOccurrence
Taylor Moyle Group of Claims 6 Claims.ManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Taylor PropertyManganesePast Producer1939
Green Creek CopperCopperProspect
SantiagoCopperOccurrenceChrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite

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
Virginia Lakes3.6 miles25
Lundy5.3 miles24
Dog Town (historical)5.4 miles24
Twin Lakes6.3 miles24
Willow Springs6.3 miles24
Mono City7.1 miles24
Mono Village (historical)7.4 miles25
Mono Lake8.3 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.

Wikidata item Q3716258The 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 1658447. 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.