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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.

Sonora Junction within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1985

The 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 sheet of Sonora Junction, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sonora Junction, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

79 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural64
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
8 September 2018Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestWALKER CREEK
6 September 2018Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPICKLE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
4 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use6,974 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBOOT
3 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestEMMA LAKE
23 September 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresStanislaus National ForestDREW
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDEVILS GATE
19 September 1999Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLEEPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fales Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Fales Hot SpringsUranium, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Sunset ClaimsMolybdenumOccurrence
Silver Spray QuicksilverMercuryOccurrence
Silver Spray QuicksilverMercuryUnknown
Wolf Creek Nos 1 and 3TungstenProducerVein
Wolf Creek Nos. 1 and 3TungstenUnknown
Margaret BryantUraniumOccurrence
Sonora Marg'T. Bryant ClaimsUraniumOccurrence

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
Fales Hot Springs2.7 miles28
Belfort10.9 miles26
Walker11.6 miles22
Bridgeport13.3 miles24
Mono Village (historical)14.3 miles25
Twin Lakes14.5 miles24
Coleville15.3 miles28
Willow Springs17.1 miles24

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 Q3964896The 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.