Mono Vista, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Twain Harte-Tuolumne City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. The Survey maps it on the Standard quadrangle. 3,236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,992 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMono Vista grew from 3,127 to 3,236 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 | 3,127 | |
| 2020 | 3,236 | +109 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
911 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 911 fires within 5 miles of Mono Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,217 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 64 were 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/undetermined | 323 |
| Debris and open burning | 220 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 180 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 43 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | TUOLUMNE |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MONO |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | ENOS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTING #42 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#21 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 32 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#37 |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | OAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 179 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 179 workings within 5 miles of Mono Vista: 72 occurrences, 45 past producers, 30 producers, 23 unknowns. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview | Gold, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| East Belt-Soulsbyville-Toulumne | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Hazel Dell | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Henning | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Louisiana Group | Gold, Lead, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Lucky Strike | Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mildred Lloyd | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| New Mamoth | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Providence | Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Soulsby Belle | Gold, Zinc, Lead | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Gardens Estates | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Willow Springs | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| White Oak Estates | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Soulsbyville | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Sunshine Camp | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Chaparral Heights | 1.0 miles | 34 | |
| Rancho Poquitos | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Sonora Meadows | 1.3 miles | 34 |
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 Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2266531 | 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 1659158. 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.











