Mammoth Lakes in 1990

A condominium sold for a median of $110,874 — $280,497 in today’s money, 65% below where it stands now.

Condominium median

$110,874

$280,497 in 2026 money

Snowfall

214"

season total at the main lodge

Lodging tax

$2,764,618

collected by the Town

What happened

Earthquake & volcano
Bernknopf, Brookshire & Thayer publish hedonic study of the Mammoth hazard notices
Peer-reviewed hedonic-price evaluation of the USGS earthquake and volcano hazard notices issued for Mammoth Lakes under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 18(1):35-49 →
Earthquake & volcano
Mammoth Mountain CO2 tree kill discovered (Horseshoe Lake)
An 11-month earthquake swarm beneath Mammoth Mountain in 1989 was followed by discovery of magmatic carbon dioxide seeping through soil, killing trees near Horseshoe Lake; the magmatic origin was confirmed in 1994.
USGS Fact Sheet 108-96 (Living With a Restless Caldera) →

92 recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater in the Long Valley Caldera, the largest at M4.0.