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Twin Lakes, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Mono census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93517. It stands on Cattle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Twin Lakes quadrangle. 45 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,107 feet above sea level.

Twin Lakes within Mono County

Then and now

1909 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2016, burning about 10 acres in total. 45 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
Natural45
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestROBISON 3
28 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCAMERON
16 September 2016Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest1 TWIN
16 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTAMARACK
6 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLABROSSE
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDOC
5 August 1994Natural1.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 049

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 Twin Lakes: 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Tamarack Extension No. 1Silver, GoldOccurrenceLimonite
BellflowerSilverProspect
Eastside-Westside-SunnysideSilverOccurrence
Old MexicoGold, SilverUnknown
Old Mexico No. 1Gold, SilverOccurrenceQuartz
TamarackGold, SilverPast ProducerGold
TamarackGold, SilverProducerQuartz
Tamarack MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Alpha-OroGoldOccurrence
Cowboy MineGoldOccurrence

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
Mono Village (historical)1.5 miles25
Dunderberg Mill6.3 miles25
Willow Springs8.1 miles24
Dog Town (historical)8.2 miles24
Virginia Lakes8.7 miles25
Bridgeport9.4 miles24
Lundy10.4 miles24
Mono City13.4 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.

Wikipedia article on Twin LakesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q106492935The 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 2804177. 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.