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Pizona, California

23 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 93512. It stands on Pizona Creek. The Survey maps it on the River Spring quadrangle. It stands 7,037 feet above sea level.

Pizona within Mono County

Then and now

1914 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Pizona, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pizona, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pizona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 5 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
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 August 1997Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestGOOD MORNING
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
27 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictRANCH
14 August 2020Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestPIZONA
4 July 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreInyo National Forest4 JEFFERY
22 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictANTELOPE

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pizona: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Niobium (Columbium), 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
Golden Gate Mining CoCopper, Gold, Niobium (Columbium), SilverPast Producer
San Antonio ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Claim LocationsMercuryOccurrence
Claim LocationsMercuryOccurrence

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
Benton11.4 miles21
Benton Hot Springs11.9 miles23
Montgomery City12.0 miles21
Benton Crossing21.7 miles28
Hammil21.8 miles22
Mono Mills22.0 miles23
North Landing25.2 miles25
Whitmore Hot Springs27.0 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.

Wikidata item Q3905958The 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 1659401. 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.