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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.

Carman Heights within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

40 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROBINSON 2
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROBINSON 3
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management Unitnot named
8 August 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIEGAL 2
8 August 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIEGAL 3
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSLATER
4 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIPELINE
30 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIPELINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Duval ProspectsGold, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, IronOccurrence
Gardnerville Alpine MillTungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerPowellite, Scheelite
Iron Boy ClaimIron, CopperUnknown
Last Dollar ClaimGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceMagnetite
Longfellow MineGold, Silver, Copper, Iron, LeadPast ProducerVein
Lucky Bill MineGold, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer
Red Canyon ClaimsCopper, SulfurPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Winters MineSilver, Gold, Iron, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer1865
Winters MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer
Defiance Mines Co.Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Double Springs (historical)5.7 miles26
Mammoth Ledge (historical)5.9 miles26
Mountain House (historical)6.9 miles28
Holbrook Junction7.6 miles28
Topaz Lake9.9 miles28
Twelvemile House11.6 miles29
Dresslerville11.8 miles29
Gardnerville Ranchos12.8 miles29

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 Q122564915The 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.