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Buckeye, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gardnerville-Minden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89423. It stands on Buckeye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gardnerville quadrangle.

Buckeye within Douglas County

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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 13 started naturally. None 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
Natural13
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use3
Fireworks1

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
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROBINSON 1
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBIA 16
17 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSUNRISE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWINDMILL
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEast Fork Fire and Paramedic District88
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresCarson City District OfficeRANCH
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeJOHNSON
2 August 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeJOHNSONLN1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Buckeye: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sawmill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nev. Contractors Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pine Nut Common Use AreaSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rancho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Settelmeyer Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Gardnerville1.9 miles29
Minden2.2 miles32
Twelvemile House3.8 miles29
Dresslerville4.3 miles29
Centerville4.5 miles32
Gardnerville Ranchos5.1 miles29
Walleys Hot Springs6.0 miles32
Johnson Lane6.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855979. 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.