Grass Flat, California
| Grass Flat, California | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Grass Flat, California | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′33″N 120°56′07″W / 39.67583°N 120.93528°WCoordinates: 39°40′33″N 120°56′07″W / 39.67583°N 120.93528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Sierra |
| U.S. National Forest Service | Plumas National Forest |
| Elevation | 4,859 ft (1,481 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 530 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1658652[1] |
Grass Flat is an unincorporated community and ghost town in northwestern Sierra County, California, United States.
Geography
Grass Flat is on Port Wine Ridge Road in the Sierra Nevada, within Plumas National Forest.
The site is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southwest of Mount Fillmore.[2]
History
Grass Flat was established as a gold mining camp during the California Gold Rush (1848-1850s), in the far northern Northern Mines District.
The scarred landscapes from hydraulic mining during the gold rush, at Grass Flat and nearby, remain primarily barren of vegetation over 160 years later. Ponds fill the depressions formed by the hydraulic surface mining technique.
See also
- History of Sierra County, California
- List of ghost towns in California
References
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 493. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
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