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Fitting, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies near Spring Valley Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fitting quadrangle.

Fitting within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fitting between 1994 and 2013, burning about 15,194 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,571 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
7 August 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSACRAMENTO
5 August 2012Natural250 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOWERLINE
5 August 1999Natural13,325 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
22 August 2010Natural3.9 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
27 July 2006Natural1.5 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER
12 June 2013Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeLIMERICK CANYON
1 November 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeROCHESTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Fitting: 42 past producers, 18 unknowns, 13 occurrences, 4 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Tungsten. 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
American Canyon DivideSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Bluebird ClaimsSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-BariteOccurrenceVein
Bonanza King MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1868
Bonanza King MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cinnabar City Mercury MineMercury, Antimony, TungstenPast Producer
Cinnabar City MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1916
Gold Crown GroupFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, SilverPast Producer
HaganGold, Arsenic, CopperPast Producer
Kaolin Mercury MineMercury, Mica, ClayPast Producer1908
Moonlight MineSilver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead, Antimony, ZincPast ProducerChrysocolla, Tenorite

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Stevensville (historical)0.6 miles16
Vanderwater (historical)3.0 miles16
Panama3.3 miles16
East Rochester (historical)4.4 miles16
Rochester Heights (historical)4.5 miles16
Rochester4.6 miles16
Central Rochester (historical)5.0 miles16
Lower Rochester6.2 miles16

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 Q122541672The 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 857990. 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.