Bueasta, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jarbidge census division. It lies near Timber Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Big Table quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bueasta within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1936 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1936 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:48000
1940 USGS Rowland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Jarbidge Mts quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Big Table quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bueasta (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184,852 acres in total. 11 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	11
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
9 September 1999	Natural	1,092 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BRUNEAU
13 September 2017	Natural	1,247 acres	Boise District	MUSTANG
10 September 1996	Natural	40 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
3 August 2000	Natural	10,394 acres	Boise District	MCDONALD
16 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	HILL
10 August 2012	Natural	19,323 acres	Elko District Office	MUSTANG
24 July 1994	Natural	2,517 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BIG TABLE
16 July 2007	Natural	147,335 acres	Twin Falls District	ROWLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko 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 Bueasta (historical): 11 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bruneau Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Taylor Creek	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Unknown	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Bruneau	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1930
Mendive	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Clipper Alder	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Dream	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Elko	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Bruneau River	Gold	Past Producer
Deep Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Gold

Every working recorded in Elko 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rowland	0.4 miles	16
Point of Rocks	12.4 miles	16
Bruno City (historical)	12.5 miles	16
Jarbidge	13.5 miles	16
Island Mountain (historical)	13.8 miles	17
Pavlak (historical)	14.2 miles	16
Jack Creek Camp	14.7 miles	16
Williams Cabin	14.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857680. 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.