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Buckhorn, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Beowawe census division. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn Mine quadrangle. It stands 6,453 feet above sea level.

Buckhorn within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn between 1996 and 2019, burning about 19,088 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14

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
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBUCKHORN
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeALKALIFLAT
4 August 1999Natural14,315 acresElko District OfficeHORSECREEK
26 August 1996Natural2,400 acresElko District OfficeBUCKHORN#2
26 August 1996Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficeBUCKHORN2
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeEXPLORATION
8 July 2006Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficeHORN
8 July 2006Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBUCKHORN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn: 20 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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
BuckhornGold, Silver, Arsenic, Mercury, Tungsten, Thallium, Antimony, Copper, ZincProducer1908, 1910
Buckhorn MineGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Thallium, Antimony, Mercury, Tungsten, ArsenicProducer1908, 1910
Buckhorn S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bullion HillSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Bullion Hill GroupSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1910
Emma E ClaimGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1938
Emma E ClaimGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
FalconerSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1910, 1925
FalconerSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Mill Canyon PropertyGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer1938, 1940

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
Mineral15.6 miles15
Shannon15.7 miles15
Nevin (historical)16.0 miles16
Tonkin16.8 miles19
Blackburn17.0 miles15
Crescent Valley17.3 miles13
Keystone (historical)17.9 miles16
Alpha19.1 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BuckhornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q10862276The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846507. 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.