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Argenta, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. It lies near Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Argenta quadrangle.

Argenta within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Argenta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,146 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 were 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
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeRABBIT
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Northern RegionBRUSH
6 September 2006Natural10 acresElko District OfficeARGENTA
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresElko District OfficeMM 244
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeTRAIN
8 August 2012Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficeWHITE HOUSE SPRING
7 August 2019Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeBAKER
7 August 2019Natural3.8 acresElko District OfficeMESA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Argenta: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
ArgentaBarium-BaritePlant1935
Argenta MineBarium-BariteProducerStratabound
Shelton MineBarium-BaritePast Producer1960
Shelton MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kampos1.5 miles10
Mosel3.0 miles10
Jenkins8.2 miles11
Rosny8.2 miles11
Rennox9.4 miles12
North Battle Mountain10.6 miles12
Battle Mountain12.3 miles12
Piute15.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847231. 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.