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Adverse, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the McGill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. The Survey maps it on the McGill quadrangle.

Adverse within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Adverse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 972 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 1 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2008Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNAT OUT THREE
17 September 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSUBSTATION
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeWHIX SIX
8 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeBASSETT
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeMCGILL SPR
4 August 1992Natural6.0 acresEly District OfficeAXE HANDLE
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDEER
3 August 1992Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Adverse: 10 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ely Amalgamated Copper CoLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Ely Gibraltar ClaimsLead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Copper, Galena
Ely Gibraltar ClaimsLead, Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Keystone DumpsCopper, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, PotassiumPast Producer
Nevada Northern RailwaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver-Lead ProspectSilver, LeadOccurrence
Unnamed WorkingsLead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
(Facility) Mc Gill SmelterCopperPlant
Limekiln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in White Pine 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
McGill Junction1.5 miles17
McGill1.6 miles19
Steptoe1.9 miles19
Lavon3.9 miles17
Kent (historical)7.2 miles18
Glenn7.8 miles19
Baltimore Mill8.3 miles17
Mosier8.8 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122565873The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855946. 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.