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Whitmore Hot Springs, California

28 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. The Survey maps it on the Whitmore Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 7,018 feet above sea level.

Whitmore Hot Springs 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 Whitmore Hot Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Whitmore Hot Springs, surveyed 1914

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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Whitmore Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictSHELTER
3 September 2003Natural10 acresInyo National ForestMCGEE
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestCHALK
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresInyo National ForestTEN
16 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreInyo National ForestPOLE
10 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
8 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreInyo National ForestLOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mono County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Whitmore Hot Springs: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Gemstone. 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
Laurel CreekTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Ornamental StoneStone, DimensionProducer
Ornamental StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Payday ProspectTungsten, SilverProspect
UnknownGemstoneOccurrence
TiptopTungstenOccurrence
Tiptop Claim Mcgee Mtn.TungstenOccurrence
Tiptop ProspectTungstenPast Producer

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
North Landing3.6 miles25
Benton Crossing5.3 miles28
South Landing5.4 miles25
Aspen Springs7.5 miles25
Toms Place8.5 miles25
Mammoth Lakes8.5 miles29
Old Mammoth9.1 miles29
Mill City (historical)9.6 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 Q4019574The 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 252832. 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.