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Black Horse, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89311. It lies in Black Horse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sacramento Pass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Black Horse within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Black Horse (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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.

Reported cause Fires
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSILVER CR
22 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresEly District OfficeWILLOW
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNORTH SPRI
14 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeSACTO 1
14 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEly District OfficeSACTO 2
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSACRAMENTO PASS
30 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeSCUFF
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWEAVER CR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Black Horse (historical): 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten. 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
BellanderLead, Silver, ManganesePast Producer1933
Black HorseTungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Black Horse Group MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast ProducerScheelite
C-B-H ClaimsBerylliumUnknown
San Pedro MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
TilfordSilver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein
Tungsten Queen PropertyTungsten, Copper, Gold, LeadPast ProducerVein
Bellander MineLead, SilverPast Producer
Lucky Boy MineLead, SilverProspect
Usbm Sample Locality #4.LeadOccurrence

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
San Pedro (historical)2.1 miles15
Osceola6.7 miles15
Hogum9.2 miles15
Baker12.5 miles12
Cleveland (historical)13.2 miles12
Cooper (historical)16.3 miles18
Taft (historical)16.8 miles12
Yelland (historical)17.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858933. 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.