BlockCoryville, Nevada
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Hawthorne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89415. The Survey maps it on the Lucky Boy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1915 USGS Hawthorne quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Powell Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Excelsior Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lucky Boy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Coryville (historical) between 1993 and 2001, burning about 3 acres in total. 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | NORTH CANYON |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Carson City District Office | COREY |
| 24 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | ALUM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Coryville (historical): 12 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Boy | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Boy Mine | Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1906, 1907 | |
| Lucky Boy Mine West | Silver, Gold, Lead, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| So. Section 7 Prospect | Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Babcock Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Big Indian Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Bismarck Prospect | Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Bismark 1, 2 | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Lucky Boy Pass | Silica | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Boy (historical) | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Schweer Housing Area | 4.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hawthorne | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Babbitt | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Montelle (historical) | 9.9 miles | 22 | |
| Dutch Creek (historical) | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Thorne | 10.5 miles | 23 | |
| Walker Lake | 11.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847983. 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.