It lay at an elevation of 2,575 feet (785 m) near the present-day town of Wofford Heights;[1] the site was submerged under the Lake Isabella reservoir in 1954.

The original townsite, parts of which are revealed when the lake is low, is registered as California Historical Landmark #132.

[2] An 1858 gold rush, caused by the discovery of the Big Blue Mine nearby, led to the formation of a town on the flats along the Kern River.

Briefly called Rogersville (after the man who first found gold in the area while chasing his mule) and Williamsburg, it was renamed Whiskey Flat in 1863 after a saloon opened in the previously "dry" town.

[1] In 2023, the lake refilled completely due to melted snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, once again fully submerging the ghost town.