Big Trees, Nevada

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.

• 1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
• 1916 USGS Highland quadrangle1:62500
• 1918 USGS Highland quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS Highland Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Big Trees between 1992 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 60 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Caselton
• Caselton Heights
• Highland (historical)
• Mendha
• Pioche
• Prince

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Big Trees: 55 past producers, 35 prospects, 33 occurrences, 3 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, 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.

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855969. 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.