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Barnes, Nevada

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lund census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89317. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Badger Hole Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Barnes within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Barnes (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,652 acres in total. 34 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 August 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBLACKSPRIN
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBADGER
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeSUNNYSIDE
29 August 2011Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDOUGLAS
29 August 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRAINBOW 3
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDOUGLAS
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBLACK
27 August 2015Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHOT SPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Barnes (historical): 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Gold, 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
Unnamed Prospects Just South of the White River = 2 Mi E of Hwy 6Gold, SilverOccurrence
ChesterMagnesiteOccurrence
WindousMagnesitePast ProducerMagnesite
Windous DepositMagnesitePast 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
Stockville (historical)2.1 miles6
Preston4.9 miles7
Douglas6.7 miles6
Willow Grove8.5 miles15
Lund9.6 miles6
Ruppes Place14.2 miles6
Ward (historical)16.7 miles16
Kimberly22.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862851. 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.