Fish Springs, California

Fish Springs
Fish Springs
Unincorporated community
	Fish Springs Location in California Fish Springs Fish Springs (the United States)
	Coordinates: 37°04′30″N 118°15′13″W / 37.07500°N 118.25361°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Inyo County
Elevation	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.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fish Springs, California
^ ^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.
^ 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.