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Boyd, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. The Survey maps it on the Elgin NE quadrangle.

Boyd within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 1992 and 2017, burning about 8,169 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1
Debris and open burning1

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 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSTINE
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNORADO
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBISHOP
25 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresEly District Office4030
24 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresEly District OfficeWILLOW
2 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresEly District OfficeSTINE
18 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEly District OfficeSTREAKER
10 September 2008Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePARTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Boyd: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Copper, Perlite, Aluminum. 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
Pennsylvania MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Boyd Alunite DepositAluminumPast Producer1921
Boyd Alunite ProspectAluminumPast ProducerAlunite
Boyd Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer
Boyd Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer1920
Mike Phelps and Dick Johnson MineGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Mike Phelps and Dick Johnson MineGold, CopperProspect
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Merc-Silver ClaimMercuryOccurrence1965

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Stine4.1 miles16
Elgin6.2 miles16
Etna8.1 miles15
Kyle9.4 miles16
Ferguson (historical)10.5 miles16
Kershaw (historical)10.8 miles15
Delamar10.8 miles16
Helene11.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855976. 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.