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.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1914 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Cowtrack Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mono Mills quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mono Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 60 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | SCOFIELD |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | FIVE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | SAND |
| 2 September 2019 | Natural | 2.9 acres | Inyo National Forest | TUFA |
| 18 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 17 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | PUMICE |
| 17 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | PUMICE |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Sam Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| U. S. Pumice Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Pumice & Supply Co. | Pumice | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| June Lake Junction | 7.2 miles | 31 | |
| Crestview | 9.4 miles | 22 | |
| June Lake | 9.7 miles | 31 | |
| Lee Vining | 9.9 miles | 31 | |
| Mono Lake | 13.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mono City | 14.4 miles | 24 | |
| Bennettville (historical) | 16.3 miles | 32 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 16.5 miles | 29 |
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 Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3321090 | 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 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.








