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Fish Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°04′30″N118°15′13″W / 37.07500°N 118.25361°W / 37.07500; -118.25361
Country United States
State California
County Inyo County
Elevation
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3,937 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fish Springs, California
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.