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Fish Springs, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93513. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fish Springs quadrangle. It stands 3,937 feet above sea level.

Fish Springs within Inyo County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fish Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Fish Springs, surveyed 1913

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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Fish Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,593 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictABERDEEN
19 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictSAVE
14 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitFISH
13 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5,353 acresCentral California DistrictJOHN
27 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictERIC
26 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCentral California DistrictPROVERTY TWO
23 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitP3
22 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOVERTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Fish Springs: 16 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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
Black AsterSilver, Copper, LeadProspect
ClevelandGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Commetti MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Commetti MinesGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Contact Silver No. 8Silver, Copper, GoldProspect
FreezeLead, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Green Giant Marble Nos. 1-8Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Imus MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer1948
MontezumaLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerLead, Sphalerite
Montezuma MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working 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
Elna (historical)2.0 miles27
Monola4.8 miles27
Big Pine6.5 miles27
Aberdeen6.7 miles35
Zurich7.4 miles27
Chrysopolis (historical)8.5 miles34
Blackrock10.1 miles34
Keough Hot Springs14.0 miles26

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 Fish SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5454579The 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 1656017. 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.