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.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMono 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 172 | |
| 2020 | 224 | +52 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1909 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1920 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bodie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lundy quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Lundy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | GARLIC II |
| 19 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 12 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 47 acres | Central California District | CONWAY |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Inyo National Forest | POINT |
| 4 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | LUNDY |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | BYWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Point Cinder Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Cinder Pit | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Claim Location | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Cooney Zinc Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Goleta Consolidated | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Gold, Malachite, Pyrite | |
| Goleta Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Lake View Copper | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Log Cabin and Sunrise Group | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Hematite | |
| Montecito Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Hot Spring Near Black Pt. | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Lake | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Lundy | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Virginia Lakes | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Lee Vining | 5.9 miles | 31 | |
| Dunderberg Mill | 7.1 miles | 25 | |
| Dog Town (historical) | 9.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bennettville (historical) | 9.4 miles | 32 | |
| Willow Springs | 10.7 miles | 24 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1650208 | 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 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.










