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Dewitt Mill, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies near Long Peak. The Survey maps it on the Snow Gulch quadrangle.

Dewitt Mill within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Dewitt Mill between 1993 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 August 1999Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMEAGAN
6 July 2001Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeBURNING BU
25 July 2018Natural19 acresWinnemucca District OfficeELDER
24 July 2006Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMARIGOLD MINE
22 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeNAT OUT 1
16 July 2005Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeGALENA
7 June 1996Natural20 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeGALENA
3 June 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOTTONWODD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 200 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 200 workings within 5 miles of Dewitt Mill: 133 past producers, 25 occurrences, 22 unknowns, 15 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Antimony King MineAntimony, Bismuth, IronPast Producer1870, 1871
Barite OccurrenceBarium-BariteUnknown
Bentley MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, AntimonyPast Producer1900
Bentley MineLead, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Blue Bird MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer1902, 1934
Buckingham Moly DepositSilver, Molybdenum, Tungsten, CopperPast ProducerSurface
Buckingham Molybdenum DepositMolybdenum, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Lead, ZincPast Producer1867, 1875
Carissa MineGold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, IronPast Producer1930
Copper Basin Open Pit Mine AreaCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1875
Driscol PropertySilver, Gold, Antimony, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Buckingham Camp2.4 miles24
Old Battle Mountain (historical)3.1 miles24
Copper Basin3.9 miles24
Galena (historical)4.9 miles25
Blanco (historical)5.0 miles25
Telluride (historical)6.6 miles25
Piute7.1 miles24
Bannock8.1 miles24

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 Q122549039The 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 856013. 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.