Editing Alpine County, California (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|743|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|738|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.8|sqmi}} (0.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt |access-date=September 24, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The federal government [[Federal lands|owns]] about 96% of Alpine County, the highest percentage in California,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Sabalow |first=Ryan |last2=Kasler |first2=Dale |last3=Reese |first3=Phillip |date=January 9, 2016 |title=Rural Californians sympathize with protesters' goals in Oregon standoff |url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article53922925.html |work=[[The Sacramento Bee]]}}</ref> including three [[National forest (United States)|national forests]]: [[Eldorado National Forest|Eldorado]] (54,318 acres, or 7.81% of the 695,098-acre total), [[Stanislaus National Forest|Stanislaus]] (119,805 acres, or 13.32% of the 899,427 acre-total) and [[Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest|Humboldt–Toiyabe]] (233,962 acres, or 3.72% of the 6,290,945 acre-total).<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Land Areas of the National Forest System |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/LAR2015/FY2015%20LAR%20Book.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125100853/http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/LAR2015/FY2015%20LAR%20Book.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |website=[[United States Forest Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2008 |title=Table 6 – NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2008/TABLE_6.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018233835/https://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2008/TABLE_6.htm |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |website=[[United States Forest Service]] |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]] – northwest
* [[Douglas County, Nevada]] – northeast
* [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] – southeast
* [[Tuolumne County, California|Tuolumne County]] – south
* [[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras County]] – southwest
* [[Amador County, California|Amador County]] – west

===National protected areas===
* [[Eldorado National Forest]] (part)
* [[Stanislaus National Forest]] (part)
* [[Toiyabe National Forest]] (part)