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Clifside, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montello census division. The Survey maps it on the Silver Zone Pass quadrangle.

Clifside within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Clifside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,822 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreElko District Office394
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeCASTLEWELL
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeTOANO 1
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeTOANO 2
9 August 1992Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSHAFTER
8 August 1998Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSILVERZONE
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSHAFTER
7 August 1998Natural3.0 acresElko District OfficeSPRING R

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Clifside: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Hice ProspectTungsten, GoldOccurrence
KeystoneSilver, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1875, 1918
Rare MetalsTungsten, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Scheelite
Silver HoardSilver, Copper, TungstenPast Producer1917
Silver HoardSilver, CopperPast Producer
Nickel DukeSilverPast Producer
Hice Prospect 9TungstenPast ProducerVein
Rare MetalsTungstenPast Producer
Silver Zone PassTungstenProducerScheelite
Silver Zone PassTungstenOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Proctor1.6 miles10
Silver Zone4.0 miles10
Pilot7.1 miles10
Shafter9.8 miles9
Oasis13.6 miles11
Cobre15.0 miles11
Ola15.1 miles9
Loray15.8 miles10

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 Q122551397The 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 855992. 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.