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Grass Flat, California

Coordinates: 39°40′33″N 120°56′07″W / 39.67583°N 120.93528°W / 39.67583; -120.93528
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Grass Flat, California
Grass Flat, California is located in California
Grass Flat, California
Grass Flat, California
Grass Flat, California is located in the United States
Grass Flat, California
Grass Flat, California
Coordinates: 39°40′33″N 120°56′07″W / 39.67583°N 120.93528°W / 39.67583; -120.93528
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySierra
U.S. National Forest ServicePlumas National Forest
Elevation
4,859 ft (1,481 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code530
GNIS feature ID1658652[1]

Grass Flat is an unincorporated community and ghost town in northwestern Sierra County, California, United States.

Geography

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ 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.