Galt, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. The Survey maps it on the Vigo quadrangle.

Galt within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Vigo quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Clover Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Galt between 1994 and 2010, burning about 1,852 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
Natural	5
Firearms and explosives use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
9 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	5.7 acres	Ely District Office	YETI
10 August 2005	Natural	39 acres	Ely District Office	GALT
23 July 1994	Natural	1,800 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	MORMON MTN
17 July 2010	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	APPLEWHITE
17 July 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	Ely District Office	WEST
6 June 2008	Firearms and explosives use	6.3 acres	Ely District Office	HOYA
17 June 2004	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	MORMON
17 March 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ely District Office	F15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Galt: 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Copper, Molybdenum, Iron. 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
Unnamed Prospect	Copper, Molybdenum, Iron	Prospect
Robb	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Robb Gypsum Prospect	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence	Gypsum
Mormon Mountains Deposit	Vermiculite	Prospect
Vermiculite Deposit	Vermiculite	Prospect
Vermiculite Prospect	Vermiculite	Occurrence	Vermiculite

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Angle City	2.0 miles	15
Hoya	5.5 miles	19
Carp	8.9 miles	16
Rox	10.0 miles	19
Kiernan (historical)	20.0 miles	16
Viola (historical)	20.7 miles	16
Kyle	21.4 miles	16
Elgin	23.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856028. 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.