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Mono Mills, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. The Survey maps it on the Mono Mills quadrangle. It stands 7,356 feet above sea level.

Mono Mills 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 Mono Mills, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mono Mills, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Mono Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,878 acres in total. 60 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
Natural60
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictSCOFIELD
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestFIVE
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestSAND
2 September 2019Natural2.9 acresInyo National ForestTUFA
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
17 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestPUMICE
17 September 1999Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestPUMICE
12 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mono Mills: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mono PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Frank Sam MinePumicePast Producer
U. S. Pumice MinePumicePast Producer
U.S. Pumice & Supply Co.PumiceProducer

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
June Lake Junction7.2 miles31
Crestview9.4 miles22
June Lake9.7 miles31
Lee Vining9.9 miles31
Mono Lake13.3 miles24
Mono City14.4 miles24
Bennettville (historical)16.3 miles32
Mammoth Lakes16.5 miles29

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 MillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3321090The 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 263750. 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.