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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.

Fales Hot Springs within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1985

The 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 sheet of Fales Hot Springs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fales Hot Springs, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

83 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural75
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
8 September 2018Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWALKER CREEK
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPICKLE
6 September 1992Natural3.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use6,974 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBOOT
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSNAKE
3 September 1998Natural1.5 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSWAUGER
23 September 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresStanislaus National ForestDREW
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEVILS GATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fales Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Fales Hot SpringsUranium, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Nugget GulchGoldPast Producer
Sunset ClaimsMolybdenumOccurrence
Silver Spray QuicksilverMercuryOccurrence
Silver Spray QuicksilverMercuryUnknown
Sonora Marg'T. Bryant ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Defense Tungsten MineTungstenOccurrence
Wolf Creek Nos 1 and 3TungstenProducerVein
Wolf Creek Nos. 1 and 3TungstenUnknown

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
Sonora Junction2.7 miles28
Belfort8.4 miles26
Bridgeport11.1 miles24
Walker12.0 miles22
Twin Lakes13.9 miles24
Mono Village (historical)13.9 miles25
Lower Town14.9 miles25
Upper Town15.0 miles25

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3738632The 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.