Sonora Junction, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It stands on Hot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fales Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 6,919 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 76 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 28 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.
- 1909 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1920 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Fales Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fales Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sonora Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,766 acres in total. 64 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 | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | WALKER CREEK |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PICKLE |
| 5 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,974 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | BOOT |
| 3 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | EMMA LAKE |
| 23 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Stanislaus National Forest | DREW |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DEVILS GATE |
| 19 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SLEEPER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sonora Junction: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Tungsten, Mercury, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fales Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Fales Hot Springs | Uranium, Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Sunset Claims | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Spray Quicksilver | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Spray Quicksilver | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Wolf Creek Nos 1 and 3 | Tungsten | Producer | Vein | |
| Wolf Creek Nos. 1 and 3 | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Margaret Bryant | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Sonora Marg'T. Bryant Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fales Hot Springs | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Belfort | 10.9 miles | 26 | |
| Walker | 11.6 miles | 22 | |
| Bridgeport | 13.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mono Village (historical) | 14.3 miles | 25 | |
| Twin Lakes | 14.5 miles | 24 | |
| Coleville | 15.3 miles | 28 | |
| Willow Springs | 17.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q3964896 | 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 1656318. 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.









