Fales Hot Springs, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It stands on Sawmill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fales Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 7,319 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1909 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1920 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Fales Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fales Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Fales Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,020 acres in total. 75 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WALKER CREEK |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PICKLE |
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,974 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BOOT |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SNAKE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SWAUGER |
| 23 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | DREW |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DEVILS GATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fales Hot Springs: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Uranium, Mercury, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fales Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Fales Hot Springs | Uranium, Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Nugget Gulch | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Sunset Claims | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Spray Quicksilver | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Spray Quicksilver | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Sonora Marg'T. Bryant Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Defense Tungsten Mine | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Wolf Creek Nos 1 and 3 | Tungsten | Producer | Vein | |
| Wolf Creek Nos. 1 and 3 | Tungsten | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonora Junction | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Belfort | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Bridgeport | 11.1 miles | 24 | |
| Walker | 12.0 miles | 22 | |
| Twin Lakes | 13.9 miles | 24 | |
| Mono Village (historical) | 13.9 miles | 25 | |
| Lower Town | 14.9 miles | 25 | |
| Upper Town | 15.0 miles | 25 |
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 Fales Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3738632 | 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 1656007. 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.









