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.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Haiwee Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Coso Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Coso Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | COSO |
| 7 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | WYE BRANCH |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | KENNEDY 4 |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | KENNEDY 6 |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | HAIWEE |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | BALL |
| 14 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | COSO |
| 13 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | PORTUGUESE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Minerals Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Haiwee Materials Site No. 289 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Material Site #118 Pit A | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Site #288 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Valley Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| California Pozzolan | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Coso Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Dunmovin | $200,000 | Three 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Dunmovin | $2,000 | Water and mud flowed over Highway 395 4 miles S of Haiwee and also near the Coso Junction Rest Area. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dunmovin | $1,000 | Mud and rocks washed onto Highway 395. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talus | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Coso Junction | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Sykes | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Haiwee | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Coso | 7.8 miles | 23 | |
| Little Lake | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Grant | 11.6 miles | 26 | |
| Olancha | 13.6 miles | 29 |
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 Dunmovin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315509 | 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 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.













