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Diamond City, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rattlesnake Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Diamond City within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Diamond City (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 668 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSHEEP
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeGREEN
12 September 1996Debris and open burning400 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeEUREKA
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBLACK PT
19 August 2014Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMUSTANG
19 August 2006Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMUSTANG RIDGE
15 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDIAMOND
13 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMONROE CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Diamond City (historical): 16 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, 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
Black PointGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1939
Celia MineLead, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
Celia MineLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Champion MineSilver, Lead, Antimony, IronPast Producer1870
Champion MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Eagle RoostSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Lucky Legs #5Gold, SilverPast Producer
Neutron #2CopperOccurrence
Phillipsburg MineSilver, Lead, Antimony, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1864, 1866
Phillipsburg MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
Eunice Place12.2 miles13
Birch (historical)12.7 miles13
Eureka16.4 miles13
Ruby Hill17.4 miles13
Romano (historical)17.9 miles19
Corwin19.7 miles15
White (historical)20.8 miles19
Prospect (historical)21.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858323. 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.