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Mammoth Lakes, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93546. It lies near Mammoth Knolls. The Survey maps it on the Old Mammoth quadrangle. 7,191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,881 feet above sea level.

Mammoth Lakes within Mono County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mammoth Lakes, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mammoth Lakes, surveyed 1914

Population over time

2 figures

Mammoth Lakes fell from 8,234 to 7,191 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
20108,234
20207,191-1,043 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Mammoth Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony87
Natural58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning3

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
9 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreInyo National ForestSWING
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestARROW
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestBONEYARD
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictCAMPFIRE
7 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestTWIN LAKES
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestANTELOPE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
6 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestVAMPARILLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Mammoth Lakes: 13 past producers, 8 occurrences, 7 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Uranium. 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
ArgosyGold, Silver, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
ArgosyGold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Mammoth Cons.Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Mammoth Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mammoth MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Mammoth Mine Folk, Armstrong, San Francisco, Big Bonanza and MammothSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProducer
Section 17 ProspectCopperOccurrence
ShohawkLeadProspect
Sierra GroupBarium-Barite, Gold, ArsenicPast ProducerBarite, Gold, Pyrite
Sierra GroupBarium-Barite, Arsenic, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in Mono County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mammoth Lakes in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2004LightningMammoth Lakes1 hurtA man was struck by lightning while walking on the outskirts of Mammoth Lakes. He was injured with burns to his waist, arm, and leg. He spent the night in the hospital and was released the next day.
July 2007Flash FloodMammoth Lakes$10,000Trained weather spotters and law enforcement officials reported heavy rainfall and flash flooding in the Mammoth Lakes area. A total of 2.52 inches of rain fell in the town of Mammoth Lakes from approximately 2:00 pm PDT to 5:00 pm PDT on July 25th. The City of Mammoth public works director reported serious erosion problems in town with some damage to roadways. In the area of Sierra Valley water flowed over roads, and the first floor of a few houses in the area were flooded. At the Mammoth Mountain Ski Village water was reported in a building, and water and debris were reported over Minaret Road and over Main Street.
June 2023Funnel CloudMammoth Lakes-The public reported a Funnel Cloud 1.0 mile SE of Twins Lakes.
August 2022Heavy RainMammoth Lakes-Mesonet station DW5868 located at Mammoth lakes, CA., reported a rainfall total of 1.01 inches.
March 2018Heavy RainMammoth Lakes-Mesonet station D5868, 1 mile southwest of Mammoth Lakes reported 1.21 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0646PST to 23 March 0646PST.
April 2018Heavy RainMammoth Lakes-Mesonet station D5868, 1 mile southwest of Mammoth Lakes (elevation 8012 feet) reported 2.04 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 6 April 1019PST to 7 April 1019PST.
August 2000HailMammoth Lakes-Spotter report of 3/4 inch hail in Mammoth Lakes, California.
July 2001HailMammoth Lakes-no account filed
January 1997Heavy RainMammoth Lakes-no account filed

Every storm 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
Old Mammoth1.7 miles29
Mill City (historical)2.1 miles29
Lake Mary3.7 miles31
Crestview7.2 miles22
Whitmore Hot Springs8.5 miles28
June Lake10.6 miles31
Benton Crossing11.6 miles28
North Landing12.1 miles25

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 Mammoth LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983604The 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 1659042. 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.