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Ashton, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Beatty census division. The Survey maps it on the Ashton quadrangle.

Ashton within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ashton in 2013, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNAT OUT 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ashton: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Diatomite, Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold. 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
Birthday MineGold, Antimony, Lead, SilverOccurrenceUnknown
Birthday MineSilver, Lead, Gold, AntimonyUnknown
Mexican GroupSilver, Gold, LeadPast ProducerGold
Mexican GroupGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Silver Ace MineGold, TungstenPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Diatomaceous EarthDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrence
Back Marble Mnt. ProspectGoldOccurrence
Black Marble Mountain ProspectGoldProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Roses Well (historical)4.8 miles24
Carrara (historical)5.9 miles24
Leeland (historical)10.3 miles24
Gold Center11.4 miles24
Fluorine (historical)11.5 miles25
Beatty13.8 miles25
Bullfrog (historical)14.5 miles25
Rhyolite15.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855957. 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.