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Montgomery City, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93514. The Survey maps it on the Benton quadrangle. It stands 6,450 feet above sea level.

Montgomery City within Mono County

Then and now

1917 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montgomery City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Montgomery City, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
21 September 2002Other causesunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCH
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictMONTGOMERY
5 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictHWY 6
4 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictFOOTHILL
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral California DistrictBENTON
2 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBishop Field OfficeRANCH
19 August 2013Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestJUMP OFF
1 August 2007Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestBOUNDARY PEAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Montgomery City: 15 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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
BentonLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Benton OccurrenceSulfurOccurrence
Black Warrior Mine AreaSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Blind Springs HillSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Blind Springs HillAntimony, Copper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
BristleconeCopper, ZincProspect
Comanche MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Comanche and KerricLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
HudsonLead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Lucky Susan No 1 ProspectThorium, REEOccurrence

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
Benton2.5 miles21
Benton Hot Springs5.6 miles23
Hammil10.5 miles22
Pizona12.0 miles23
Benton Crossing19.8 miles28
Chalfant Valley21.0 miles22
North Landing21.3 miles25
Toms Place22.7 miles25

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 Montgomery CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3862426The 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 263768. 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.