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.
Then and now
1907 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 32 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.
- 1907 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1919 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Mt. Whitney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lone Pine quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Lone Pine NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Mount Whitney quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Union Wash quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Union Wash quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | KEYNOT |
| 4 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | MOFFET |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | Q3 3 |
| 25 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | LONE PINE CREEK LONE_PINE |
| 17 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | MATCH |
| 1 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | BIG PINES EARS BIG_PINE_F |
| 12 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | LONE 2 |
| 1 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delthe Black Warrior Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock No. 1 | Silver, Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Hope Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Howard | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Inyo Bee | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Lone Pine Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Long John | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Galena, Silver | |
| Lucky Slim | Lead, Copper, Silver, Talc-Soapstone, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Luella Mine | Gold, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Chrysocolla, Gold, Hematite, Pyrite | |
| Monte Carlo | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Underground |
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.
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 Owenyo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7114774 | 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 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.














