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Bucklands Station, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silver Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89429. The Survey maps it on the Churchill Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bucklands Station within Lyon County

On record in Bucklands Station

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bucklands Station (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,721 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWEEKS
22 August 2017Natural1,560 acresCarson City District OfficeMICRO
4 July 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBIA4
22 July 2020Natural62 acresCarson City District OfficeCHURCHILL BUTTES
19 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeADRIAN
16 July 2010Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeRAMSEY
9 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined94 acresCarson City District OfficeCENTROID
4 June 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreStillwater National Wildlife RefugeGHIGLIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bucklands Station (historical): 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jupiter Bleaching ClayMontmorillonitePast Producer
MarvelDiatomitePast Producer
Silver Springs Community PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Springs County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weeks DepositDiatomiteProspect
Momi #7 MineGoldPast Producer
Section 10 Gold ProspectGoldPast ProducerPyrite
Section 13 AditsGoldProspectVein
Churchill Butte MineTungstenPast Producer1941
Mountain View GroupTungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Weeks (historical)0.4 miles22
Marshland (historical)0.6 miles22
Davis Station2.1 miles22
Churchill2.2 miles22
Ramsey Station7.1 miles22
Nevada Station (historical)8.1 miles22
Silver Springs8.5 miles22
Stagecoach8.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856483. 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.