Getchell, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Golconda census division. The Survey maps it on the Adam Peak quadrangle.

Getchell within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1945 USGS Osgood Mountains quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Osgood Mountains quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Osgood Mts quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Adam Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Getchell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,182 acres in total. 13 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	13

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
30 September 2011	Natural	161 acres	Winnemucca District Office	PINSON MINE
18 September 1995	Natural	83 acres	Winnemucca District Office	GETCHELL 1
17 September 1995	Natural	1.3 acres	Winnemucca District Office	GETCHELL2
17 September 1995	Natural	1.4 acres	Winnemucca District Office	GETCHELL 3
9 August 1997	Natural	1,645 acres	Winnemucca District Office	TWINCREEK2
12 August 2001	Natural	2.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	KELLY CRK
30 July 1996	Natural	150 acres	Winnemucca District Office	DRYHILLS
23 July 1994	Natural	8.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	OSGOODS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Getchell: 33 past producers, 13 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Alpine Mine	Tungsten, Manganese, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1943
Dernan Property	Tungsten, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cobalt, Nickel, Titanium, Metal	Past Producer	1915, 1942
Dry Hills Manganese Prospect	Manganese, Vanadium, Copper, Barium-Barite	Occurrence	Pyrolusite
First Miss Limestone Pit	Limestone, General	Producer
Frenchman and Eyraud Claims	Tungsten, Iron, Calcium, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Zinc, Molybdenum, Nickel, Tin, Boron-Borates, REE, Zirconium, Magnesite	Occurrence	1946
Getchell Gold Mine	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Thallium, Tellurium, Bismuth, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Antimony, Mercury	Producer	1933, 1938, 1999
Hansen Creek Deposit	Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten, Antimony, Mercury, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Thallium, Tellurium, Bismuth, Tin, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Producer	1933, 1938, 1999
Kirby Mine	Tungsten, Copper, Manganese	Past Producer	1917, 1942
Moly-Tonopah Mine	Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	Contact Metamorphic
Mountain King Mine	Tungsten, Iron, Copper, Manganese	Past Producer	1951

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Kelly Creek (historical)	9.1 miles	14
Red House	15.3 miles	19
Comus	15.5 miles	16
Preble	18.3 miles	23
Iron Point (historical)	18.7 miles	22
Willow Point (historical)	19.0 miles	16
Golconda	22.1 miles	23
Knight	22.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856731. 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.