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Lone Pine, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. It stands on Lone Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Pine quadrangle. 2,014 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,727 feet above sea level.

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Lone Pine within Inyo County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lone Pine, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lone Pine, surveyed 1907

Population over time

2 figures

Lone Pine fell from 2,035 to 2,014 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,035
20202,014-21 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Lone Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 991 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2003Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresCentral California DistrictINDIAN
16 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral California DistrictCLOWN
15 September 2003Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCentral California DistrictENTRENCE
10 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMOVIE
3 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyLONE PINE3
25 August 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitLONE PINE CREEK LONE_PINE
2 August 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCentral California DistrictALABAMA
12 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1828

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lone Pine: 13 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Copper, Copper. 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
Big HornUraniumProspect
Black WarriorSilver, Lead, ZincProspect
Clark BerylBerylliumPast Producer
Delthe Black Warrior MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Lone Pine QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Long JohnLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerGalena, Silver
Premier Marble ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alabama-MohawkGold, CopperProspect
Alabama-Mohawk MineGold, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite
December MineGold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Inyo County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Pine in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodLone Pine$10,000,000Fast flowing water, rock, and debris covered Whitney Portal Rd, the Whitney Portal parking lots, and the road to Lone Pine Campground. Whitney Portal Rd was destroyed by high flows in Lone Pine Creek.
July 2011Flash FloodLone Pine$250,000Whitney Portal Road was washed out, trapping many day hikers in campgrounds overnight.
September 2025Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Mud and rock slides covered Whitney Portal Road.
July 2024Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Heavy rain triggered a landslide along Whitney Portal Road, blocking both lanes with large boulders.
July 2018Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Two vehicles were stuck in a mud flow on Horseshoe Meadows Road.
August 2018Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Horseshoe Meadows Road was closed at Lubken Canyon Road due to mud slides.
August 2014Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Rocks and debris washed onto sections of Whitney Portal Road from west of Lone Pine all the way to the parking area for the trail.
July 2013Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Mud and boulders washed onto Whitney Portal Road and Horseshoe Meadows Road, closing the roads.
July 2003Flash FloodLone Pine$5,000Flash flooding closed Highway 395 from Lone Pine to Olancha. Approximatly 30 vehicles were stuck on the roadway between two flooded areas. A truck was stuck in the mud from a land slide that covered the highway. CHP reported major flooding all along the route.
October 2015Flash FloodLone Pine$2,000Large boulders washed onto Whitney Portal Road.
July 2022Flash FloodLone Pine$1,000Lone Pine Creek flooded Whitney Portal Rd.
July 2022Flash FloodLone Pine$1,000The intersection of Horseshoe Meadows Rd and Lubken Canyon Rd was flooded.
September 2022Flash FloodLone Pine$1,000Hwy 395 was partially flooded.
December 2010Flash FloodLone Pine$1,000Flash flooding washed boulders onto Whitney Portal Road.
September 1997Flash FloodLone Pine-Flooding was reported in and just east of Lone Pine by two storm spotters.
July 2015HailLone Pine-no account filed

Every storm 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
Alabama Hills3.0 miles34
Owenyo5.1 miles32
Alico5.9 miles28
Dolomite7.2 miles28
Mock8.1 miles28
Whitney Portal8.7 miles32
Bartlett9.1 miles30
Manzanar9.3 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 Lone PineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1854013The 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 277545. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.