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Mono City, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93541. It lies near Lundy Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lundy quadrangle. 224 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,768 feet above sea level.

Mono City within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mono City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mono City, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Mono City grew from 172 to 224 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
2010172
2020224+52 (+30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Mono City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 911 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 1 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictGARLIC II
19 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
12 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use47 acresCentral California DistrictCONWAY
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
6 August 1997Natural5.0 acresInyo National ForestPOINT
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestLUNDY
31 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictBYWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Mono City: 13 prospects, 12 past producers, 9 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Black Point Cinder MinePumicePast Producer
Cinder PitStoneOccurrence
Claim LocationMercuryOccurrence
Cooney Zinc MineZinc, Lead, SilverOccurrenceReplacement
Goleta ConsolidatedGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGold, Malachite, Pyrite
Goleta MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProspect
Lake View CopperCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincProspect
Log Cabin and Sunrise GroupGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Hematite
Montecito MineGold, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Unnamed Hot Spring Near Black Pt.GeothermalProducer

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
Mono Lake2.2 miles24
Lundy5.2 miles24
Virginia Lakes5.8 miles25
Lee Vining5.9 miles31
Dunderberg Mill7.1 miles25
Dog Town (historical)9.4 miles24
Bennettville (historical)9.4 miles32
Willow Springs10.7 miles24

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 Mono CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1650208The 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 1667836. 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.