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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.

Mill City 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 Mill City (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mill City (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

219 since 1992

Regional 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 ceremony81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Natural49
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
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 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestMORAN
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
6 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestVAMPARILLA
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestGUN MOUNT

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 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 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
Red's MeadowGeothermalProducer
Section 17 ProspectCopperOccurrence
ShohawkLeadProspect
Sierra GroupBarium-Barite, Gold, ArsenicPast ProducerBarite, Gold, Pyrite

Every working 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 Mammoth0.5 miles29
Lake Mary1.6 miles31
Mammoth Lakes2.1 miles29
Crestview9.0 miles22
Whitmore Hot Springs9.6 miles28
June Lake11.7 miles31
North Landing13.2 miles25
Benton Crossing13.2 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 Mill City (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3857936The 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.