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Darroughs Hot Springs, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. The Survey maps it on the Carvers quadrangle.

Darroughs Hot Springs within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Darroughs Hot Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeDARROUGH
20 August 1999Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBELCHER
12 August 2001Natural1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMANHATAN 2
11 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBELCHER
10 August 2001Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDEVIL
10 August 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestCARVERS
31 July 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBROAD CANYON
26 July 2010Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJETT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye 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 Darroughs Hot Springs: 6 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Iron. 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
Broad Canyon MineGold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Broad Creek ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, Antimony, Gold, IronPast Producer
Nob Hill ClaimSilver, GoldOccurrence
Darrough Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Magma Power Co. WellGeothermalProspect
Fremont's View ProspectGoldProspect
Green Leaf ProspectGoldProspect
Nevada King ProspectGoldProspect
True Fisher ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Carvers2.3 miles14
Jett (historical)6.8 miles13
Hadley8.5 miles13
Steigmeyer Mill8.8 miles13
Round Mountain9.6 miles13
Ophir (historical)10.1 miles14
Jefferson (historical)12.8 miles8
Pueblo (historical)13.1 miles11

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 Q122555119The 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 859453. 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.