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Brunswick, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89701. It lies in Brunswick Canyon. The Survey maps it on the New Empire quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Brunswick within Carson City

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Brunswick (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,108 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Natural39
Recreation and ceremony35
Equipment and vehicle use13
Firearms and explosives use12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3

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 2012Natural768 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Brunswick (historical): 25 past producers, 17 occurrences, 13 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Uranium. 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
Bessemer ProspectIron, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bidwell MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Bunker Hill MineCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast ProducerVein
Bunker Hill MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Carson River MercuryGold, Mercury, SilverProspect
Cinderlite AggregatesPumicePast Producer
Comstock Extension MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carson City

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
Empire1.4 miles29
Pinyon Hills1.9 miles29
New Empire2.0 miles29
Carson Hot Springs3.6 miles30
Eagle Station (historical)4.1 miles30
Carson City4.3 miles30
Fiddlers Green4.3 miles25
Stewart5.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857928. 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.