Cavecreek, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89833. It stands on Cave Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ruby Lake NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cavecreek within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Ruby Lake NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Ruby Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cavecreek (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,248 acres in total. 17 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
Natural	17
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
21 September 1996	Debris and open burning	1,917 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	RUBY LAKE
17 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	INDIAN CREEK
11 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	50 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BANDIT
9 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge	HAYMEADOW
9 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge	SM1
9 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge	SM2
8 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
7 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge	BLM4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Shanty Town

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cavecreek (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hagar Copper	Copper	Occurrence
	Maveric Springs Prospect	Iron	Occurrence	Magnetite

Every working recorded in Elko 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shanty Town	2.7 miles	15
Sherman (historical)	10.2 miles	15
Huntington (historical)	11.1 miles	15
Ruby Valley	11.3 miles	12
Rock House	15.9 miles	12
Dry Creek	18.0 miles	15
Jiggs	18.1 miles	15
Lee	26.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862777. 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.