Adaven, Nevada

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Duckwater census division. It lies near Sawmill Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Adaven quadrangle.

Adaven within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Adaven quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Quinn Canyon Range quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Adaven between 1994 and 2006, burning about 984 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
1 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	NAT OUT 7
1 August 2000	Natural	10 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	GRANT
1 July 1994	Natural	15 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
19 June 2006	Natural	959 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	ADAVAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Adaven: 11 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Crystal Group	Molybdenum, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect
Crystal Mineralized Area	Gold, Molybdenum, Copper	Prospect
Dresser Mine	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Garrett's Comet	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Hi Grade Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten	Past Producer	Unknown
Iron Cap Claim	Silver, Lead, Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1918
Mammoth Prospect	Silica, Magnesite, Gold, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1943, 1970
Red Bird Group	Lead, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Roadside Mine	Silver, Manganese, Iron	Past Producer
Roadside Mine	Silver, Lead, Manganese	Prospect

Every working recorded in Nye County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nyala	10.5 miles	5
Troy (historical)	14.6 miles	6
Crows Nest	15.5 miles	6
Grant City (historical)	20.0 miles	6
Hot Creek	29.5 miles	5
Lockes	30.6 miles	8
Reveille (historical)	31.1 miles	12
Old Reveille (historical)	31.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855945. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.