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Bullfrog, Nevada

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Beatty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89003. It lies near Ladd Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Beatty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bullfrog within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bullfrog (historical) between 2003 and 2014, burning about 3,692 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeRHYOLITE
27 August 2011Natural4.6 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBULLFROG
8 July 2006Natural3,674 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSAWTOOTH
14 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSTAGECOACH
8 February 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBVFD AST 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Bullfrog (historical): 30 past producers, 20 prospects, 15 occurrences, 10 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Gold, 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
Barrick Bullfrog Gold MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducervolcanic-hosted disseminated
Bond Gold Bullfrog MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProducer1989
Butler ProspectFluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProspect
Grizzly ClaimLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Original Bullfrog MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1904
Tecopa ConsolidatedGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Tecopa Consolidated.Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Bullfrog Mine and MillSilver, GoldProducer
Bullfrog ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrence
Montgomery Shoshone MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Rhyolite1.0 miles25
Original (historical)2.6 miles24
Gold Center3.8 miles24
Beatty4.1 miles25
Gold Bar (historical)4.6 miles24
Fluorine (historical)7.2 miles25
Hot Springs8.4 miles25
Carrara (historical)8.9 miles24

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 Bullfrog (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4996886The 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 855981. 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.