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South Landing, California

25 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 93546. It stands on Whisky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toms Place quadrangle. It stands 6,804 feet above sea level.

South Landing 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 South Landing, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of South Landing, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of South Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresInyo National ForestTEN
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestIRIS
17 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreInyo National ForestTOMS
13 September 2015Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestRED
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestROCK 2
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestHURRICANE
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresInyo National ForestROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of South Landing: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Pumice, Molybdenum, Tungsten, 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
Hilton Creek MineGold, TungstenPast Producer
Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. MineTungsten, MolybdenumProducer
Payday ProspectTungsten, SilverProspect
Delta PlacerPumiceProducer
Delta Placer MinePumicePast Producer
Nicoll Hilton Creek MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer
Phelps Hilton Creek MineTungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerMolybdenite, Scheelite
Open Pits Filipelli ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Phelps Hilton Creek MineTungstenPast Producer
ProspectTungstenOccurrence

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
Aspen Springs2.2 miles25
Toms Place3.1 miles25
North Landing3.7 miles25
Whitmore Hot Springs5.4 miles28
Benton Crossing8.2 miles28
Mesa Camp9.9 miles27
Mammoth Lakes13.4 miles29
Old Mammoth13.6 miles29

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 Q3965519The 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 1659823. 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.