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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Horse Creek Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Buckhorn Mine quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | BUCKHORN |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Elko District Office | ALKALIFLAT |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 14,315 acres | Elko District Office | HORSECREEK |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | 2,400 acres | Elko District Office | BUCKHORN#2 |
| 26 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | BUCKHORN2 |
| 22 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | EXPLORATION |
| 8 July 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Elko District Office | HORN |
| 8 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | BUCKHORN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Mercury, Tungsten, Thallium, Antimony, Copper, Zinc | Producer | 1908, 1910 | |
| Buckhorn Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Thallium, Antimony, Mercury, Tungsten, Arsenic | Producer | 1908, 1910 | |
| Buckhorn S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bullion Hill | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bullion Hill Group | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Emma E Claim | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Emma E Claim | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Falconer | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1910, 1925 | |
| Falconer | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Canyon Property | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Arsenic, Lead | Past Producer | 1938, 1940 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral | 15.6 miles | 15 | |
| Shannon | 15.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nevin (historical) | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tonkin | 16.8 miles | 19 | |
| Blackburn | 17.0 miles | 15 | |
| Crescent Valley | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Keystone (historical) | 17.9 miles | 16 | |
| Alpha | 19.1 miles | 15 |
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 Buckhorn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10862276 | The 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.





