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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 23 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.
- 1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional 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 use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM89 |
| 24 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | TRAIN |
| 23 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 87 |
| 16 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 85 |
| 30 April 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Carson City District Office | TRINITY |
| 13 October 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 89 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Silver, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Best Bet | Gold, Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Hazel Mine | Silver, Antimony, Lead, Selenium | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Hazel Mine | Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| M. H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite | |
| M.H. Claims | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Madraso Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Mopung Hills Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2982 | Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| NBMG Sample Site 2982 | Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocala | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Trinity | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Miriam | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Huxley | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Jessup | 8.7 miles | 22 | |
| Parran | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fillmore (historical) | 17.1 miles | 22 | |
| Leete (historical) | 22.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q122594247 | The 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.







