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Mock, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. The Survey maps it on the Dolomite quadrangle. It stands 3,642 feet above sea level.

Mock within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mock, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Mock, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mock between 1993 and 2014, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2

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
3 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresCentral California DistrictRIVER
22 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictKEELER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Mock: 13 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, 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
Inyo Pit and MillCalciumProducer
Leary MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Leary MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
McIlroy propertyAsbestos, Talc-SoapstonePast ProducerTremolite
PennsylvaniaLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerGalena
PennsylvaniaLead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Premier Marble ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tibbals Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect

Every working 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
Dolomite0.9 miles28
Swansea2.0 miles28
Alico2.4 miles28
Keeler5.0 miles27
Bartlett6.9 miles30
Lone Pine8.1 miles34
Alabama Hills8.5 miles34
Owenyo11.0 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.

Wikidata item Q6887751The 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 1656171. 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.