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Cold Spring, Nevada

16 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 89042. It sits by Smileys Point. The Survey maps it on the Panaca quadrangle.

Cold Spring within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring between 1993 and 2019, burning about 208 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 5 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
Natural55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeEDWIN
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNAT OUT FIFTEEN
8 August 1997Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeASH
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeCATHEDRAL2
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHOGBACK
4 August 2016Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeKEEL
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBS WASH 2
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBS WASH 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cold Spring: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Diatomite, Geothermal. 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
Panaca Warm SpringGeothermalProducer
Morgan and Bush Diatomite DepositDiatomitePast ProducerSedimentary
Panaca Diatomaceous Earth DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Dorothy ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Pay Zone ClaimUraniumOccurrence
White Cloud ProspectUraniumProspect

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
Panaca3.3 miles16
Bullionville (historical)3.7 miles16
Yoacham (historical)7.4 miles14
Indian Cove7.6 miles14
Eccles9.4 miles14
Delmues (historical)9.8 miles16
Princeton (historical)10.2 miles19
Strawberry Hill10.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857942. 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.