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

Grass Flat, California
Unincorporated community
Grass Flat, California
Coordinates: 39°40′33″N 120°56′07″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	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	530
GNIS feature ID	1658652[1]

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

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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

• History of Sierra County, California
• List of ghost towns in California

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