Foltz, 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 Woody Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Foltz 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Buffalo Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Buffalo Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Foltz (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,651 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
Natural	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
12 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Winnemucca District Office	INDEPENDENCE
1 September 1999	Power generation/transmission/distribution	41 acres	Winnemucca District Office	LIMERICK
7 August 1997	Power generation/transmission/distribution	35 acres	Winnemucca District Office	SACRAMENTO
5 August 1999	Natural	13,325 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ROCHESTER
22 August 2010	Natural	3.9 acres	Winnemucca District Office	ROCHESTER
18 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	LIMERICK
10 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	LIMERICK
22 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	RELIEF CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 106 workings within 5 miles of Foltz (historical): 53 past producers, 18 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 7 prospects. 10 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buck and Charley Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1912
Buck and Charley Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Dumortierite Occurrence	Boron-Borates	Occurrence
Enterprise Mine	Gold, Copper	Past Producer	Gold
Hamilton Beryl	Beryllium, Feldspar	Prospect
Hamilton Beryl Mine	Beryllium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin, Zinc	Occurrence	Beryl, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Imlay Canyon Placer	Silver, Lead, Gold	Plant
Jamesonite Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Kaolin Mercury Mine	Mercury, Mica, Clay	Past Producer	1908
Limestone Prospect	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Limestone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lower Rochester	2.7 miles	16
Rochester Heights (historical)	2.8 miles	16
Central Rochester (historical)	2.8 miles	16
Rochester	2.9 miles	16
East Rochester (historical)	3.0 miles	16
Panama	4.6 miles	16
Lima (historical)	6.6 miles	16
Vanderwater (historical)	7.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854819. 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.