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Caselton, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It lies near Mount Ely. The Survey maps it on the Pioche quadrangle.

Caselton within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Caselton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,595 acres in total. 100 started naturally. 8 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
Natural100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeCASELTON
4 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRED CONE
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePANAM
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNATURAL OUT 13
26 September 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDONUT
16 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeEDDIE B
15 September 2011Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHAMLIGHT
12 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSTEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 137 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 137 workings within 5 miles of Caselton: 87 past producers, 24 occurrences, 20 prospects, 3 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Abe Lincoln MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, IronPast Producer1867, 1885
Agricultural Minerals PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant1975
Alps MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer1870, 1871
Arcane Mining Co. PropertyLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Black Prince MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerWad
Black Prince MineZinc, Silver, Manganese, Lead, GoldPast Producer1952
Blue Queen ClaimsZinc, Silver, Copper, LeadProspect
Bumagin ShaftGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, AntimonyPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, LeadProspect

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Caselton Heights0.5 miles19
Prince1.4 miles19
Princeton (historical)1.9 miles19
Pioche1.9 miles19
Highland (historical)2.8 miles17
Mendha3.0 miles17
Big Trees4.1 miles17
Bullionville (historical)9.0 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on CaseltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122597808The 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 845399. 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.