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Cressid, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carson Sink census division. It lies near Humboldt Dike. The Survey maps it on the Ocala quadrangle.

Cressid within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cressid between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2 acres 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 use5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM89
24 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeTRAIN
23 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 87
16 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 85
30 April 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRINITY
13 October 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 89

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Cressid: 18 past producers, 15 prospects, 11 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
Barite ProspectSilver, Barium-BariteProspect
Best BetGold, PerliteOccurrence
Hazel MineSilver, Antimony, Lead, SeleniumPast Producer1865
Hazel MineLead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
M. H. ClaimsGold, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
M.H. ClaimsGold, CopperProspect
Madraso ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Mopung Hills GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
NBMG Sample Site 2982Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, AntimonyOccurrence
NBMG Sample Site 2982Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect

Every working recorded in Churchill 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
Ocala1.8 miles23
Trinity2.2 miles23
Miriam2.4 miles23
Huxley5.2 miles23
Jessup8.7 miles22
Parran9.4 miles23
Fillmore (historical)17.1 miles22
Leete (historical)22.4 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 Q122594247The 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 855709. 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.