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Fairview, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89414. It stands on Pole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pole Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fairview within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Fairview (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,161 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSTANFORD ST
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District Office5TH STREET
7 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeHUMCOASST2
23 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeGVFD ASS 1
14 August 1999Smoking3.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM192
12 August 1996Natural500 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOLE CRK 2
9 July 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 190
4 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 194

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fairview (historical): 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Dun Glen MineLimestone, GeneralProducer
Golconda Hot Spring, Harris PropertyUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceHot Spring
Golconda Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Kramer Hill MineGold, SilverPast Producer1907, 1908
Kramer Hill MineGold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, AntimonyPlant1907, 1990
NBMG Sample Site 491Barium-Barite, Copper, Antimony, ManganeseOccurrenceBarite, Malachite
Richmond MineIron, Silver, MolybdenumOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Golconda Hot SpringManganeseProspect
The Surprise ProspectManganeseUnknown
Golconda Gold LedgeGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Golconda2.8 miles23
Adelaide (historical)7.5 miles21
Preble7.7 miles23
Gold Run (historical)8.1 miles21
Bliss8.3 miles16
Tule9.4 miles16
Weso10.5 miles16
Winnemucca11.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852132. 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.