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.
Then and now
1909 to 1990The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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
- 1956 USGS Matterhorn Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1990 USGS Twin Lakes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ROBISON 3 |
| 28 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | CAMERON |
| 16 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | 1 TWIN |
| 16 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TAMARACK |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LABROSSE |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | DOC |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | USFS 049 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack Extension No. 1 | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Bellflower | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Eastside-Westside-Sunnyside | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Old Mexico | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Old Mexico No. 1 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Quartz | |
| Tamarack | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Tamarack | Gold, Silver | Producer | Quartz | |
| Tamarack Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Alpha-Oro | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Cowboy Mine | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Village (historical) | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Dunderberg Mill | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Springs | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Dog Town (historical) | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Virginia Lakes | 8.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bridgeport | 9.4 miles | 24 | |
| Lundy | 10.4 miles | 24 | |
| Mono City | 13.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Twin Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q106492935 | 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 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.









