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Carroll, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. The Survey maps it on the Carroll Summit quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Carroll within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Carroll (historical) between 1999 and 2015, burning about 5,886 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Firearms and explosives use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 August 1999Natural8.0 acresCarson City District OfficeBIG BEN
14 August 2015Natural3,811 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLD SPRINGS
9 July 2000Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLITTLE
26 July 2013Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeCARROLL
21 July 2006Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCARROLL
14 July 2002Natural2,000 acresCarson City District OfficePONY EXP2
21 May 2008Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBUFFALO
22 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMM 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Carroll (historical): 5 unknowns, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, 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
Buzanes CopperCopper, IronProspect
Gamma Group Nos. 1 and 2Uranium, LigniteProspect
Gold Basin Gold Mining Co.Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Gold Trail GroupGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Vargas and Basquez ProspectMercuryUnknown
Unnamed Iron ProspectIronOccurrence1930
Deatoya Wsa Site 14Gold, SilverUnknown
Desatoya Wsa Site 13Gold, SilverUnknown
Desatoya Wsa Site 15Gold, SilverUnknown
Great Basin Resources Claim AreaGold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Maestretti (historical)9.7 miles10
Lakeview (historical)10.0 miles12
Burnt Cabin (historical)11.7 miles10
Pedro (historical)23.9 miles12
Mount Airy24.5 miles9
Petersons Mill25.4 miles9
Lander City (historical)30.6 miles12
Adits Mill (historical)31.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854849. 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.