Mill City, 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 Panorama Dome. The Survey maps it on the Bloody Mountain quadrangle. It stands 8,320 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1914 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Bloody Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Bloody Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bloody Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Bloody Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Mill City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| 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 |
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | VAMPARILLA |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | GUN MOUNT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Mill City (historical): 12 past producers, 9 occurrences, 7 prospects, 6 producers. 6 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 | 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 | ||
| Section 17 Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Shohawk | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Sierra Group | Barium-Barite, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | Barite, Gold, Pyrite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Mammoth | 0.5 miles | 29 | |
| Lake Mary | 1.6 miles | 31 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Crestview | 9.0 miles | 22 | |
| Whitmore Hot Springs | 9.6 miles | 28 | |
| June Lake | 11.7 miles | 31 | |
| North Landing | 13.2 miles | 25 | |
| Benton Crossing | 13.2 miles | 28 |
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 Mill City (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3857936 | 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 263582. 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.










