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Cosgrave, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89418. It stands on Raspberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cosgrave quadrangle.

Cosgrave within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Cosgrave between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58,468 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking2

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
5 September 1995Natural174 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOSGRAVE
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeRIM FIRE
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined612 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROSE CREEK
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.7 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 161
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 156 1
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 155
8 August 1992Smoking2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeI80MM158
4 August 1999Natural10,619 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCYANCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing 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 Cosgrave: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Berry ProspectGold, MercuryProspect
Cosgrave PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
T P L Sutton MineTungstenPast Producer
Tallulah MineSilver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1865
Tallulah MineSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
NBMG Sample Site 2666Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
NBMG Sample Site 2667Gold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein
CedarGoldOccurrence
Crofoot ProjectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Raspberry Creek (historical)0.5 miles19
Tungsten5.9 miles19
Dun Glen (historical)6.2 miles21
Neptune City (historical)6.3 miles22
Central (historical)6.3 miles19
Mill City8.3 miles22
Lander City (historical)9.7 miles22
Bonnie Briar (historical)10.9 miles21

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 Q122571159The 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 857947. 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.