Bayard, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies near Union Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Annie Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bayard within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1935 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Mt. Velma quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1942 USGS Mt. Velma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Annie Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bayard (historical) between 1994 and 2012, burning about 3,596 acres in total. 3 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	3
Debris and open burning	1
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
3 September 1998	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Elko District Office	PRUNTY
31 August 2012	Natural	36 acres	Elko District Office	BEITIA
17 August 2005	Natural	5.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	RINGER
28 July 1994	Natural	3,200 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PRUNTY
15 October 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	352 acres	Elko District Office	PRUNTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Bayard (historical): 17 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Copper. 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	Recorded
Black Warrior	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony	Past Producer	Vein
Black Warrior Mine	Antimony, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Cleavland	Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	Unknown
Davenport	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Graham	Copper, Gold, Antimony, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Prunty Antimony Mine	Silver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Prunty Mines	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Rescue Mine	Antimony, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Virginia	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Weston Placer	Gold, Silver	Past Producer

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
Charleston	1.9 miles	17
Bruno City (historical)	5.8 miles	16
Williams Cabin	8.6 miles	17
Pavlak (historical)	11.2 miles	16
Island Mountain (historical)	11.6 miles	17
Jarbidge	12.8 miles	16
Jack Creek Camp	15.0 miles	16
Point of Rocks	16.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847076. 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.