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Awakening, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. It lies near Havilah Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Awakening Peak quadrangle.

Awakening within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Awakening between 1999 and 2018, burning about 545 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 August 1999Natural100 acresWinnemucca District OfficeDAVY TOWN
30 August 2002Natural2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSLUMBERING
17 August 2004Natural27 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSLEEPER
1 July 2013Natural50 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSLUMBERING HILLS
23 May 2007Debris and open burning321 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSILVER STATE
24 March 2018Recreation and ceremony44 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMAYDAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Awakening: 19 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, 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
Alabama MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama MineGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Austin Jumbo Gold MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincPlant
Daveytown MillGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1982
Humboldt MineGold, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1937
Jumbo MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducer1935
Pick HandleCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Pick Handle MineGold, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
HumboldtGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
May Day MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Daveytown3.0 miles16
Amos (historical)11.0 miles16
Paradise Hill13.9 miles16
Barrett Springs (historical)16.3 miles14
Laurel (historical)17.9 miles14
Willow Point (historical)18.3 miles16
Orovada22.2 miles16
Weso22.9 miles16

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 Q122538803The 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 855960. 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.