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Clan Alpine, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Dixie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. It lies near Starr Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Clan Alpine Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clan Alpine within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Clan Alpine (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
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
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWILLIAMS
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeROADSIDE
12 September 2001Natural91 acresCarson City District OfficeALPINE
30 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeALPINE
3 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeEDWARDS
3 July 1996Natural10 acresCarson City District OfficeCOLD SPRGS
29 July 2010Natural921 acresCarson City District OfficeCLAN
14 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRAILROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clan Alpine (historical): 7 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Silver, Gold, Gold, 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
Nevada Lincoln MineSilver, Gold, ManganesePast Producer1870, 1875
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Williams MineGold, SilverPast Producer1862, 1865
Healy ProspectSilver, GoldPast Producer1910
Healy ProspectSilver, GoldProspect
Kinney ClaimsSilver, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Windlass MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1875, 1912
Clan Alpine MineSilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Churchill 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
Edwards Creek Station (historical)4.5 miles9
Cold Springs8.6 miles11
Kingston (historical)14.5 miles21
Red Top (historical)15.5 miles21
Bernice (historical)15.5 miles9
Eastgate16.1 miles9
Dixie Valley16.7 miles19
Newpass19.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855991. 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.