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Eunice Place, 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 Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.

Eunice Place 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Eunice Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,245 acres in total. 35 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
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePALMER
17 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOTTON
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeHUNTER
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMINOLETTI
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePOWERLINE
4 August 1993Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeGRAVEYARD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Eunice Place: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Gold, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, 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
Cyanide ShaftSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Eather MineUranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Gordon GroupGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Hunter Ranch Ilmenite ClaimsTitanium, IronUnknown
Ruby Hill Gold MineGold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, ZincProducer1991, 1997
Hunter RanchIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrencePlacer
Hunter Ranch Ilmenite ClaimsIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence

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
Eureka4.6 miles13
Ruby Hill5.9 miles13
Prospect (historical)9.6 miles16
Pinto (historical)9.9 miles15
Vanderbilt (historical)10.4 miles15
Diamond City (historical)12.2 miles13
Birch (historical)24.8 miles13
Romano (historical)27.3 miles19

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 Q122548425The 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 856023. 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.