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Bley, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mina census division. The Survey maps it on the Mount Montgomery quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bley within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bley (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1 acre in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBASALT
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreInyo National ForestGRADE
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMONTGOMERY
29 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestMONTGOMERY FIRE
2 August 1992Naturalunder an acreInyo National Forestnot named
14 August 2004Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMONTGOMERY
18 July 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreInyo National ForestMONTGOMERY
27 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeQUEEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Bley (historical): 19 past producers, 18 occurrences, 9 prospects, 4 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Diatomite. 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
Blue Daze MineSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Blue Gem No. 1GemstoneProducer1931
QueenTungsten, MolybdenumUnknown
Tip Top MineGold, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer
Unnamed Prospect TungstenTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, MolybdenumOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Tip Top ClaimsGold, Silver, MercuryPast Producer1905
Tip Top MineGold, SilverPast Producer1918
Tip Top MineGold, SilverPast Producer1915, 1918
Tip Top MineSilver, Gold, MercuryPast ProducerVein
Tungsten, Gold, Silver OccurrenceTungsten, Silver, GoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Mount Montgomery0.8 miles21
Basalt2.4 miles21
Candelaria Junction14.6 miles20
Metallic City (historical)16.3 miles19
Candelaria (historical)16.6 miles19
Belleville (historical)17.3 miles20
Marietta17.6 miles19
Tonopah Junction22.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857562. 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.