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Hammil, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. It stands on Pellisier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hammil Valley quadrangle. It stands 4,593 feet above sea level.

Hammil within Mono County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hammil, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hammil, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hammil between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
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
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHAMMIL
23 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California DistrictCOTTON 2
20 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral California DistrictCINNAMON
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestGHOST
29 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictFALLS
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictHIGHWAY
23 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBLACK ROCK
22 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictHAMMIL

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Hammil: 9 prospects, 7 producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Argentite MaidGold, SilverPast Producer
Claw Nos. 1-3UraniumProspect
Hannah No. 1GraphiteProspect
Huebner GroupLead, Gold, SilverOccurrenceGalena, Iron, Marcasite, Pyrite
Mountain View and Proctor MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Silver Reef MineSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Stairway Copper Nos. 1-16Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Unnamed Mercury OccurrenceMercuryUnknown
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence
Colton MineTalc-SoapstoneProducerReplacement

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
Benton10.4 miles21
Montgomery City10.5 miles21
Chalfant Valley10.5 miles22
Benton Hot Springs10.7 miles23
Mesa Camp14.8 miles27
Toms Place16.8 miles25
North Landing18.3 miles25
Aspen Springs18.5 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 HammilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q678004The 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 261054. 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.