Anderson, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89834. It stands on Marsh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacks Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Anderson within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Tuscarora quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Tuscarora quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Jacks Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Anderson (historical) between 2001 and 2015, burning about 22,397 acres in total. 7 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	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1

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
22 August 2013	Natural	14 acres	Elko District Office	COLD SPRINGS
20 August 2006	Natural	22,234 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SNOW CANYON
2 August 2015	Natural	5.9 acres	Elko District Office	SPANISH RANCH
4 July 2001	Natural	117 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SNOW CANYON
29 July 2001	Natural	2.0 acres	Elko District Office	USFS 3
28 July 2014	Natural	22 acres	Elko District Office	HOT
31 May 2002	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	JACKS PEAK
11 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Elko District Office	JAKE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Anderson (historical): 10 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Geothermal, Antimony, Barium-Barite. 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
Hot Sulfur Springs	Geothermal	Unknown
Jb Claims	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Sleeper Claims	Barium-Barite, Gold	Occurrence
Snyder Prospect	Gold, Antimony, Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Unknown 26,42,52	Gold, Arsenic	Occurrence
Bear Cat Group Nos. 1-9	Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Big Jay-Big Mike Claims	Gold, Barium-Barite	Prospect
Greenstone Claims	Gold, Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Hidden Hills Mine	Barium-Barite, Gold	Past Producer
Mc Nos. 1-66	Gold, Barium-Barite	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Jack Creek	1.9 miles	10
Deep Creek	7.3 miles	11
Jackson (historical)	8.0 miles	10
Cornucopia (historical)	11.1 miles	10
Tuscarora	12.3 miles	10
Old Tuscarora (historical)	14.6 miles	10
Columbia (historical)	14.6 miles	11
North Fork	15.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862973. 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.