North Landing, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mammoth Lakes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93546. It lies near Watterson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Watterson Canyon quadrangle. It stands 6,801 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
10 surveys from 25 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
- 1953 USGS Casa Diablo Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Watterson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Watterson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Watterson Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of North Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | OWENS |
| 19 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | BLACK CAR |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | REFUGE |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | HURRICANE |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LAKE |
| 30 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Central California District | MCGEE |
| 29 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | DUMP FIRE |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | CASA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore Hot Springs | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| South Landing | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Benton Crossing | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Aspen Springs | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Toms Place | 6.1 miles | 25 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 12.1 miles | 29 | |
| Mesa Camp | 12.6 miles | 27 | |
| Old Mammoth | 12.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q969526 | 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 252751. 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.









