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Carson Rapids City, Nevada

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89403. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Peak quadrangle.

Carson Rapids City within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Carson Rapids City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,838 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIX MILE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIX MILE
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionDAYTON
20 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSR 341
1 September 2001Firearms and explosives use60 acresCarson City District Office7 MILE
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFLOWERY
8 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSILVERCITY
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCarson City District OfficeGROSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Carson Rapids City: 50 past producers, 20 prospects, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Zinc, 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
C & C ShaftGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, ZincPast Producer1872, 1873
Comstock LodeSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1859
Comstock Lode DistrictGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1853, 1859
Flowery MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese, IronProducer1868, 1995
Lava Cap GroupUraniumProspect
North Bonanza MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1861, 1879
Ophir ClaimSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, IronPast Producer1859
Overland MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Pearl Harbor MineTungstenPast Producer1943
Sierra Nevada ShaftGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Sutro2.2 miles31
Dayton5.0 miles25
Johntown (historical)5.1 miles31
Twin Flat5.2 miles32
Silver City5.3 miles32
Eureka (historical)8.4 miles29
Mound House8.7 miles29
Stone Cabin (historical)10.0 miles22

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 Q122549054The 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 855712. 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.