Geneva, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Geneva within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Geneva (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,809 acres in total. 20 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	20
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 September 2006	Natural	8.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	CANON
5 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	TAR
21 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	AUSTIN
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	RANCH
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BIRCH CREEK
12 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	FLAT
6 August 2012	Natural	39 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BLACKBIRD
15 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	ARENA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Geneva (historical): 25 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Uranium, Antimony. 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
Austin Gold Venture	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	1979, 1986
Austin Gold Ventures Gold Mine	Gold, Arsenic, Antimony	Past Producer	1980, 1986, 1989
Bc and Ar Claims	Gold, Uranium, Zinc	Prospect
Bull Dog Jack Claim	Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Cahill Mine	Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Uranium, Tungsten, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Deer Point Group	Iron, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Deer Point Prospect	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Myrtle Claim	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Prospect
Smoky Valley Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Smoky Valley Mine	Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Tungsten	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Clinton (historical)	0.3 miles	12
Watertown (historical)	5.8 miles	12
Canyon City (historical)	5.9 miles	12
Canon City	6.0 miles	12
Lander City (historical)	6.2 miles	12
Austin	6.7 miles	12
Clifton (historical)	7.2 miles	12
Yankee Blade	9.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846977. 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.