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June Lake Junction, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93529. It lies near Oh Ridge. The Survey maps it on the June Lake quadrangle. It stands 7,710 feet above sea level.

June Lake Junction within Mono County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of June Lake Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of June Lake Junction, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of June Lake Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 825 acres in total. 81 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
Natural81
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks3
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 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreInyo National ForestPUMICE
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National ForestBIG HORN
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestSUGAR
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestFIVE
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresInyo National ForestJUNE
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestOBSIDIAN
2 September 2005Arson/incendiarism20 acresInyo National ForestGLASS
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.1 acresCentral California DistrictGRANT

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 June Lake Junction: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Pumice, Tungsten, Zinc, 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 Jack ClaimTungstenOccurrence
Lemont GroupZinc, LeadOccurrenceReplacement
Lemont GroupLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Marzano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old GloryLead, ZincUnknown
Old Glory, Fern CreekLead, ZincOccurrence
Rush Creek MinesLead, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Silver, ZincProspect
Frank Sam MinePumicePast Producer
U. S. Pumice MinePumicePast Producer
U.S. Pumice & Supply Co.PumiceProducer

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
June Lake2.5 miles31
Crestview5.6 miles22
Mono Mills7.2 miles23
Lee Vining10.6 miles31
Mammoth Lakes12.1 miles29
Old Mammoth13.4 miles29
Mill City (historical)13.5 miles29
Bennettville (historical)13.9 miles32

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 June Lake JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3811254The 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 262049. 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.