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Cañon Creek Station, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDermitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89425. It stands on Pole Creek. The Survey maps it on the South of McDermitt quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cañon Creek Station within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cañon Creek Station (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,820 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 59
25 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use4.3 acresWinnemucca District OfficeTHREEMILE
16 September 1995Natural17 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOLE 2
16 September 1995Natural542 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOLE 1
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeFLAT CR
16 September 1995Natural1,728 acresWinnemucca District OfficeBUCKSKIN
16 September 1995Natural330 acresWinnemucca District Office3 MILE
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCANYON CRK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cañon Creek Station (historical): 14 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Antimony, Iron. 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
Birthday MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1925
Birthday MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer
Chefoo TunnelSilver, Gold, Arsenic, Iron, Zinc, Antimony, CopperPast Producer1915
Gold OccurrenceGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Canyon Creek ProspectMercury, IronPast Producer1929
Canyon Creek ProspectMercury, IronPast Producer
Chefoo TunnelGold, SilverPast Producer
Radiator HillSilver, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1911
Radiator HillAntimony, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Round HillAntimonyUnknown

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
National (historical)5.0 miles17
Platora9.9 miles16
Cordero11.8 miles16
Rebel Creek (historical)13.7 miles16
McDermitt14.7 miles17
Orovada16.4 miles16
Spring City (historical)17.7 miles14
Gouge Eye18.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852137. 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.