Adits Mill, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It lies near Victorine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Brewer Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Adits Mill within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Brewer Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Adits Mill (historical) between 1993 and 2016, burning about 20 acres in total. 15 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	15
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
25 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	KINGSTON 2
23 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	GROVE
16 September 2002	Natural	2.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BROAD
30 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	KINGSTON CREEK
23 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BLAKEY
17 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	KINGSTON
4 July 2001	Natural	15 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	KINGSTON
3 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	GILMAN SPRINGS (302)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Adits Mill (historical): 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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
Golden Star Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Vein
Horton Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Vein
Klondike Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Producer	1865
Klondyke Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Mother Lode Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Unknown
Santa Fe Claims	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
South Frenchman Lamonite	Silver, Zinc, Gold, Lead	Prospect
Stat Prospect	Silver, Gold	Occurrence	1968
Victoria Claims	Barium-Barite, Silver	Occurrence
Victorine Gold Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony	Producer	1862, 1865, 1989

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Kingston	3.7 miles	11
Watertown (historical)	7.9 miles	12
Canyon City (historical)	8.2 miles	12
Pedro (historical)	8.8 miles	12
Lander City (historical)	10.3 miles	12
Clinton (historical)	12.5 miles	12
Geneva (historical)	12.6 miles	12
Canon City	15.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858674. 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.