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Little Lake, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93527. It lies near Rose Valley. The Survey maps it on the Little Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,130 feet above sea level.

Little Lake within Inyo County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Lake, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Little Lake, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Little Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural1
Other causes1
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
19 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert District5 MILE
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLAVA
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCINDER
1 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLITTLE
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLITTLE LAKE
23 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJEEP
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFOSSIL FALLS
21 July 2003Natural7.0 acresCentral California DistrictSCODIE

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Little Lake: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Red Hill Cinder PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
FeldmanTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Feldman Tungsten MineTungstenProspect

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
Coso3.1 miles23
Linnie7.5 miles23
Sykes7.5 miles28
Coso Junction7.8 miles28
Pearsonville8.9 miles23
Dunmovin10.9 miles28
Talus10.9 miles28
Haiwee14.9 miles28

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 Little LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6650611The 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 244922. 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.