Toms Place, 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 lies near Whisky Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Toms Place quadrangle. It stands 7,090 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1914 USGS Mt. Morrison quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1947 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Casa Diablo Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Mariposa quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Benton Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Toms Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Toms Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,897 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 1 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | IRIS |
| 17 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | TOMS |
| 17 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | GORGE |
| 17 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | RED |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | ROUND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toms Place: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Delta Placer | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Delta Placer Mine | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toms Place in 13 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 10 heavy rain, 1 debris flow, 1 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Hail | Toms Place | 1 hurt | California Highway Patrol reported accumulating pea size hail. This resulted in a rollover accident. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | A CocoRAHS station (CA-MN-6 Mono City), CA, located 5.0 mi NNW of Lee Vining, CA, and CocoRAHS station (CA-MN-5 Mammoth Lakes), CA, located 1.0 mi SW of Toms Place, CA, reported total rainfall amounts of 0.61 inches and 0.50 inches. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Toms Place | - | Inyo County sheriff reported Lower Rock Creek Road/Old Sherwin Grade Road along lower Rock Creek closed due to flooding. The community of Paradise, CA, was cut-off and had been advised to shelter-in-place. |
| January 2019 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | CoCoRaHS station CA-MN-4 4 miles southeast of Toms Place reported 1.88 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0700PST to 17 January 0700PST. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | RAWS, 1 mile northwest of Toms Place (elevation 7103 feet) reported 1.14 inches of rainfall in a 6-hour period from 12 July 1604PST to 12 July 2204PST. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Mesonet station RCEC1 at Toms Place reported 1.55 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0604PST to 23 March 0604PST. |
| March 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Mesonet station TS037, 3 northeast of Toms Place reported 1.28 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0612PST to 23 March 0612PST. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | A trained weather spotter reported 0.61 inches of rainfall from 20 May 2300PST to 21 May 0600PST. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Trained weather spotter 1 mile southwest of Toms Place reported 0.86 inches of rainfall in a 20 minute period from 1 August 1330PST to 1350PST. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Trained weather spotter 1 mile southwest of Toms Place reported 1.79 inches of rainfall in a 45 minute period from 1 August 1545PST to 1630PST. |
| August 2018 | Debris Flow | Toms Place | - | A trained weather spotter reported a debris flow at least 3 feet deep located along Aspen Springs Ranch Drive near Crooked Creek 2 miles west of Toms Place. The debris flow occurred shortly after 1.79 inches of rainfall fell within a 45 minute period from 1 August 1545PST to 1630PST. No damage/cleanup estimates were available. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Mesonet station RCEC1 at Toms Place (elevation 7103 feet) reported 1.50 inches of rainfall in a 5-hour period from 1 August 1304PST to 1804PST. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Toms Place | - | Trained weather spotter 1 mile southwest of Toms Place measured 0.98 inches of heavy rain from 12 July 1634PST to 13 July 0800PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Springs | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| South Landing | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| North Landing | 6.1 miles | 25 | |
| Mesa Camp | 6.8 miles | 27 | |
| Whitmore Hot Springs | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Benton Crossing | 10.5 miles | 28 | |
| Mammoth Lakes | 16.5 miles | 29 | |
| Old Mammoth | 16.6 miles | 29 |
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 Toms Place | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3992954 | 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 1660015. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









