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Coaldale, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Silver Peak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89010. The Survey maps it on the Coaldale quadrangle.

Coaldale within Esmeralda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Coaldale was never much of a town in the barren Nevada desert
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coaldale in 2020, burning under an acre in total. None 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
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
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Esmeralda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Coaldale: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Boron-Borates, Halite, Mercury. 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
Coaldale Prospect, Philips and Wentland No.1 Claim Quinseck ClaimsUranium, Lignite, ManganeseOccurrence1952
Columbus MarshBoron-Borates, Salt, PotassiumPast Producer
Hombre ClaimsUranium, Molybdenum, Zeolites, Barium-BariteOccurrence1980
Name Unknown Radioactive OccurrenceUranium, CoalOccurrence
Quinseck ClaimsManganese, UraniumOccurrence
Blue Bell ProspectGemstonePast ProducerTurquoise
Blue Bell ProspectGemstoneProspect
Borax WorkingsBoron-Borates, HalitePast ProducerUlexite
Calmville Borax WorksBoron-Borates, HalitePast ProducerUlexite
Micro Metal MineMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Esmeralda 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
Coaldale Junction0.4 miles14
Coaldale (historical)1.2 miles14
Blair Junction (historical)5.9 miles13
Calmville (historical)6.2 miles14
Argentum (historical)8.6 miles14
Columbus9.2 miles20
Fish Lake (historical)11.3 miles23
The Crossing11.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 839592. 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.