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Bullionville, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89042. It lies near Cathedral Gorge. The Survey maps it on the Panaca quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bullionville within Lincoln 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Bullionville (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,862 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 6 were 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDELMUERANC
9 September 1996Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBLACKHILL
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeEAGLE
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreEly District OfficeKELLY
1 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLEE
8 August 1993Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeHAMLIGHT
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCATHEDRAL2
30 August 1998Natural3.0 acresEly District OfficePANACA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bullionville (historical): 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Diatomite, Geothermal, Volcanic Materials, Silica. 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
Volcanic Ash DepositVolcanic Materials, SilicaPast ProducerAsh
White Sands Placer ClaimPumicePast Producer
Morgan and Bush Diatomite DepositDiatomitePast ProducerSedimentary
Panaca Diatomaceous Earth DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Panaca Warm SpringGeothermalProducer
Unnamed WellGeothermalProducer
Dorothy ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Pay Zone ClaimUraniumOccurrence
White Cloud ProspectUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Panaca1.3 miles16
Cold Spring3.7 miles16
Delmues (historical)6.5 miles16
Princeton (historical)7.4 miles19
Prince7.6 miles19
Flat Nose8.4 miles16
Caselton Heights8.5 miles19
Caselton9.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847256. 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.