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Dunmovin, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. It lies near Water Spout Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Coso Junction quadrangle. It stands 3,507 feet above sea level.

Dunmovin within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunmovin, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Dunmovin, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dunmovin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCOSO
7 August 1993Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictWYE BRANCH
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestKENNEDY 4
3 August 2000Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestKENNEDY 6
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictHAIWEE
24 August 1996Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestBALL
14 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCOSO
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPORTUGUESE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dunmovin: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Ontario Minerals ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, Copper, ZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectStoneProspect
Haiwee Materials Site No. 289Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Material Site #118 Pit ASand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Materials Site #288Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Valley Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
California PozzolanPumiceProducer
Coso PitPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunmovin in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 3 flash flood. 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
August 2010Flash FloodDunmovin$200,000Three to four feet of mud flowed out of the Clover Fire (2008) burn area across Highway 395 near Dunmovin, stranding numerous vehicles and washing one big rig off the road. The highway fully reopened the next morning.
July 2015Flash FloodDunmovin$2,000Water and mud flowed over Highway 395 4 miles S of Haiwee and also near the Coso Junction Rest Area.
July 2013Flash FloodDunmovin$1,000Mud and rocks washed onto Highway 395.

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
Talus0.6 miles28
Coso Junction3.1 miles28
Sykes3.6 miles28
Haiwee4.1 miles28
Coso7.8 miles23
Little Lake10.9 miles23
Grant11.6 miles26
Olancha13.6 miles29

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 DunmovinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5315509The 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 270940. 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.