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Owenyo, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. The Survey maps it on the Union Wash quadrangle. It stands 3,697 feet above sea level.

Owenyo within Inyo County

Then and now

1907 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Owenyo, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Owenyo, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Owenyo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,740 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 August 2007Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictKEYNOT
4 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMOFFET
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitQ3 3
25 August 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitLONE PINE CREEK LONE_PINE
17 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictMATCH
1 July 2012Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBIG PINES EARS BIG_PINE_F
12 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitLONE 2
1 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Owenyo: 19 past producers, 15 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Lead. 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
Delthe Black Warrior MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Hancock No. 1Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrence
Hope MineSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
HowardLead, Copper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Inyo BeeBarium-BariteProspect
Lone Pine Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long JohnLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerGalena, Silver
Lucky SlimLead, Copper, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, ZincProspect
Luella MineGold, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite
Monte CarloLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerUnderground

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Manzanar4.7 miles32
Reward4.8 miles32
Lone Pine5.1 miles34
Beveridge7.1 miles26
Alabama Hills8.0 miles34
Alico8.6 miles28
Kearsarge9.7 miles33
Dolomite10.1 miles28

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 OwenyoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7114774The 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 230173. 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.