Panamint, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Death Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92328. It lies near Magazine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Panamint quadrangle. It stands 6,302 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Telescope Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Panamint quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Panamint between 1999 and 2020, burning about 5,868 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | SINGLE TRE |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Desert District | HOUSE |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Death Valley National Park | TELESCOPE |
| 22 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5,861 acres | Death Valley National Park | HAPPY |
| 1 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Death Valley National Park | TELESOPE |
| 25 January 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Death Valley National Park | PEAK |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Panamint: 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Silver Corp. | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Anaconda | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Anaconda | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Curran | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Lacana Mining Inc. | Thorium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Little Chief | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Madison | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mountain Girl | Gold, Silver, Iron, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mountain Girl Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Silver | |
| Panamint District | Tungsten, Silver | Producer | QUARTZ VEINS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Reilly (historical) | 16.4 miles | 25 | |
| Harrisburg | 17.0 miles | 29 | |
| Badwater | 19.0 miles | 24 | |
| Millspaugh | 20.0 miles | 25 | |
| Lookout City (historical) | 20.0 miles | 26 | |
| Millspaugh (historical) | 20.1 miles | 25 | |
| Skidoo (historical) | 22.1 miles | 28 |
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 Panamint | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3361881 | 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 1661185. 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.












