Carman Heights, Nevada
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Nut census division. It lies near Granite Peak. The Survey maps it on the Double Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Markleeville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mt. Siegel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Double Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Carman Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,067 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 1 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ROBINSON 2 |
| 24 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | ROBINSON 3 |
| 23 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | SIEGAL 2 |
| 8 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | SIEGAL 3 |
| 7 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | SLATER |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | PIPELINE |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | PIPELINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Carman Heights: 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duval Prospects | Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gardnerville Alpine Mill | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Powellite, Scheelite | |
| Iron Boy Claim | Iron, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Last Dollar Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Longfellow Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lucky Bill Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Red Canyon Claims | Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Winters Mine | Silver, Gold, Iron, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Winters Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Defiance Mines Co. | Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Springs (historical) | 5.7 miles | 26 | |
| Mammoth Ledge (historical) | 5.9 miles | 26 | |
| Mountain House (historical) | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Holbrook Junction | 7.6 miles | 28 | |
| Topaz Lake | 9.9 miles | 28 | |
| Twelvemile House | 11.6 miles | 29 | |
| Dresslerville | 11.8 miles | 29 | |
| Gardnerville Ranchos | 12.8 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564915 | The 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 855787. 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.









