Fish Springs, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

For the place formerly with this name in Imperial County, see Desert Shores, California.

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Fish Springs

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Fish Springs

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Coordinates: 37°04′30″N 118°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.

## References

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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

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* 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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Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California, United States

County seat: Independence

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* Big Pine
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* Alabama Hills
* Aspendell
* Badwater
* Ballarat
* Coso Junction
* Crater
* Death Valley Junction
* Deep Springs
* Dolomite
* Dunmovin
* Fish Springs
* Grant
* Haiwee
* Harrisburg
* Indian Village
* Kearsarge
* Laws
* Millspaugh
* Owenyo
* Panamint Springs
* Park Village
* Poleta
* Rovana
* Ryan
* Stovepipe Wells
* Sandy Valley
* Zurich

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* Big Pine Reservation
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* Fort Independence Reservation
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