Deer Lodge, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89043. It lies near East Mountain Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Deer Lodge Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deer Lodge within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Deer Lodge Canyon quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Deer Lodge (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,488 acres in total. 44 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
Natural	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
8 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	SAWMILL
17 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	DINNER
13 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Cedar City Field Office	PARADISE
12 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	DEER LODGE
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	Q742
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BIGSUMMIT
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BASELINE
1 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	TAMMY 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 125 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 125 workings within 5 miles of Deer Lodge (historical): 55 occurrences, 49 past producers, 16 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bull Hill Mine	Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer
Bull Hill Shaft	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Fortuna and Helen Claims	Gold, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Homestake Mine	Gold, Mercury, Silver	Past Producer
Keno Claims	Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite	Prospect	Barite
Keno Claims	Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite	Prospect
NBMG Sample Site 1710	Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Vein
NBMG Sample Site 1711	Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite	Prospect	Vein
Pope Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Antimony	Past Producer	Vein
Pope Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fay (historical)	1.6 miles	14
Ursine	8.4 miles	14
Rose Valley	9.5 miles	16
Newland (historical)	9.5 miles	5
Spring Valley (historical)	9.5 miles	5
Flat Nose	12.3 miles	16
Ninemile Rocks	13.0 miles	14
Delmues (historical)	13.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854425. 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.