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Darwin, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fernley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89408. The Survey maps it on the Hazen quadrangle.

Darwin within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Darwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 July 2005Smokingunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRACYCLARK
22 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeVONNIE
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCarson City District OfficeSCENIC
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeHIGHLAND
4 June 1992Natural7.0 acresCarson City District OfficeFERNLEY 2
10 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresCarson City District OfficeDRAYER
27 April 2020Debris and open burning34 acresChurchill County Fire Protection DistrictHART LANE
28 November 2014Arson/incendiarism24 acresCarson City District OfficeDT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon 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 Darwin: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Browne PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hazen Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hazen Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diatomite DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Hazen PitDiatomitePast Producer
Section 8 MineDiatomiteProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite ProspectDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Argo3.3 miles22
Fernley8.0 miles23
Talapoosa13.1 miles22
Silver Springs13.6 miles22
Nevada Station (historical)14.2 miles22
Ramsey Station17.6 miles22
Ramsey (historical)17.9 miles22
Stagecoach20.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856008. 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.