Lake Mary, 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 93546. It stands on Cold Water Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Crag quadrangle. It stands 8,967 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 31 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.
- 1901 USGS Mt. Lyell quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Devils Postpile quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Yosemite Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Crystal Crag quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Crystal Crag quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Crystal Crag quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Lake Mary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | SWING |
| 9 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | ARROW |
| 8 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | MORAN |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | BONEYARD |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | CAMPFIRE |
| 7 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | TWIN LAKES |
| 7 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Inyo National Forest | VALLEY |
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | VAMPARILLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Lake Mary: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 6 occurrences, 5 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argosy | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Argosy | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Cons. | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Mammoth Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine Folk, Armstrong, San Francisco, Big Bonanza and Mammoth | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Producer | ||
| Red's Meadow | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Sierra Group | Barium-Barite, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Barite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Sierra Group | Barium-Barite, Arsenic, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill City (historical) | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Old Mammoth | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Whitmore Hot Springs | 10.3 miles | 28 | |
| Crestview | 10.6 miles | 22 | |
| June Lake | 13.0 miles | 31 | |
| North Landing | 13.8 miles | 25 | |
| South Landing | 14.2 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 Lake Mary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3826217 | 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 252300. 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.









