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Fiddlers Green, Nevada

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Carson City census division. The Survey maps it on the Dayton quadrangle.

Fiddlers Green within Carson City

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Fiddlers Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,610 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony27
Firearms and explosives use12
Other causes7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2012Natural768 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
9 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeELDORADO DAM
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
6 September 2012Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeSULLIVAN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWINTERS
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeELDORADO CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Fiddlers Green: 20 past producers, 17 occurrences, 13 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper. 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
Bessemer ProspectIron, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bidwell MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Bunker Hill MineCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast ProducerVein
Bunker Hill MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson River MercuryGold, Mercury, SilverProspect
Comstock Extension MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
DixonTungsten, ManganeseOccurrence
El Dorado CanyonLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carson City

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
Brunswick (historical)4.3 miles29
Pinyon Hills4.7 miles29
Empire5.7 miles29
New Empire6.2 miles29
Carson Hot Springs7.9 miles30
Eagle Station (historical)8.1 miles30
Stewart8.2 miles28
Carson City8.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856786. 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.