Fish Springs, California

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For the place formerly with this name in Imperial County, see Desert Shores, California.
Fish Springs
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyInyo County
Elevation
[1]
3,937 ft (1,200 m)

Fish Springs (formerly, Tinemaha and Tinnemaha)[2] is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.[1]

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 c 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.
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