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Fish Springs, California

Fish Springs
Fish Springs is located in California
Fish Springs
Fish Springs
Location in California
Fish Springs is located in the United States
Fish Springs
Fish Springs
Fish Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 37ยฐ04โ€ฒ30โ€ณN 118ยฐ15โ€ฒ13โ€ณW / 37.07500ยฐN 118.25361ยฐW / 37.07500; -118.25361
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyInyo County
Elevation3,937 ft (1,200 m)

Fish Springs (formerly, Tinemaha and Tinnemaha)[2] is a set of springs in Inyo County, California.[3]

It is located in the Owens Valley, 6.5 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Big Pine,[2] at an elevation of 3937 feet (1200 m).[1]

A post office operated at Fish Springs during part of 1866, and from 1868 to 1876.[2] A post office operated at Tinnemaha from 1895 to 1910.[2] Tinemaha is the name of a legendary Piute of the region.[2]

The Tinemaha Reservoir, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, is located nearby.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fish Springs, California
  2. ^ a b c d e Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1164. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Waring 1915, p. 322.

Reference bibliography

  • Waring, Gerald Ashley (1915). Springs of California. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper. Vol. 338. U.S. Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/wsp338.


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