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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Then and now
1907 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresLone 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,035 | |
| 2020 | 2,014 | -21 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 34 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.
- 1907 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1919 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lone Pine SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Central California District | INDIAN |
| 16 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central California District | CLOWN |
| 15 September 2003 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Central California District | ENTRENCE |
| 10 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | MOVIE |
| 3 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central California Agency | LONE PINE3 |
| 25 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | LONE PINE CREEK LONE_PINE |
| 2 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Central California District | ALABAMA |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1828 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Black Warrior | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Clark Beryl | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Delthe Black Warrior Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Pine Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Long John | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Galena, Silver | |
| Premier Marble Products | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alabama-Mohawk | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Alabama-Mohawk Mine | Gold, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite | |
| December Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite |
Storms near this place
16 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $10,000,000 | Fast 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $250,000 | Whitney Portal Road was washed out, trapping many day hikers in campgrounds overnight. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Mud and rock slides covered Whitney Portal Road. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Heavy rain triggered a landslide along Whitney Portal Road, blocking both lanes with large boulders. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Two vehicles were stuck in a mud flow on Horseshoe Meadows Road. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Horseshoe Meadows Road was closed at Lubken Canyon Road due to mud slides. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Rocks 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Mud and boulders washed onto Whitney Portal Road and Horseshoe Meadows Road, closing the roads. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $5,000 | Flash 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $2,000 | Large boulders washed onto Whitney Portal Road. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $1,000 | Lone Pine Creek flooded Whitney Portal Rd. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $1,000 | The intersection of Horseshoe Meadows Rd and Lubken Canyon Rd was flooded. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $1,000 | Hwy 395 was partially flooded. |
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | $1,000 | Flash flooding washed boulders onto Whitney Portal Road. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Lone Pine | - | Flooding was reported in and just east of Lone Pine by two storm spotters. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lone Pine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Hills | 3.0 miles | 34 | |
| Owenyo | 5.1 miles | 32 | |
| Alico | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| Dolomite | 7.2 miles | 28 | |
| Mock | 8.1 miles | 28 | |
| Whitney Portal | 8.7 miles | 32 | |
| Bartlett | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Manzanar | 9.3 miles | 32 |
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 Pine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1854013 | 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 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.














