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Buckingham Camp, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies near Vail Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Galena Canyon quadrangle.

Buckingham Camp within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Buckingham Camp between 1994 and 2018, burning about 96 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Fireworks4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1997Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeNO #11
14 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMM 82
11 September 2016Fireworksunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOPPER BASIN
11 September 2016Fireworksunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOPPER BASIN 4
11 September 2016Fireworksunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOPPER BASIN 2
23 August 1999Natural47 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeELEPH TWO
25 July 2018Natural19 acresWinnemucca District OfficeELDER
22 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeNAT OUT 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 231 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 231 workings within 5 miles of Buckingham Camp: 166 past producers, 23 occurrences, 22 unknowns, 15 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Antimony King MineAntimony, Bismuth, IronPast Producer1870, 1871
Bentley MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, AntimonyPast Producer1900
Bentley MineLead, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Blue Bird MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1902, 1934
Buckingham Moly DepositSilver, Molybdenum, Tungsten, CopperPast ProducerSurface
Buckingham Molybdenum DepositMolybdenum, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Lead, ZincPast Producer1867, 1875
Butte MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1866
Butte MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Carissa MineGold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, IronPast Producer1930
Chase MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Old Battle Mountain (historical)0.9 miles24
Copper Basin1.5 miles24
Dewitt Mill2.4 miles24
Galena (historical)4.5 miles25
Blanco (historical)4.6 miles25
Bannock6.8 miles24
Piute6.8 miles24
Telluride (historical)7.1 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q122570176The 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 845386. 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.