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Gilpin, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. The Survey maps it on the Fernley West quadrangle.

Gilpin within Storey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

98 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Gilpin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning26
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2011Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeLYOX 10
30 September 1996Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTIGER
30 September 1993Smokingunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTMFD 3
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 9
12 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWEST TRUCKEE RIVER RANCH
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCarson City District OfficeWNA 17
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeFREEMAN
8 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWADSWORTH

Every fire recorded in Storey County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Gilpin: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
Clark MineDiatomiteProducer1918
Nevada Cement Co. PlantCalciumProducer
Derby Thungsten MineTungstenPast Producer1940
Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Mercury ProspectMercuryUnknown
Olinghouse PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer1860, 1993
Sundown ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Sundown ClaimUraniumProspect
Unnamed Gold-Silver ProspectGold, SilverProspect
WadsworthTungstenProducerScheelite

Every working recorded in Storey 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
Clark8.1 miles23
Mustang Ranch16.9 miles28
Lockwood17.6 miles28
Virginia City Highlands22.2 miles32
Mark Twain Estates23.1 miles31
Flowery City (historical)23.8 miles31
Virginia City25.9 miles32
Divide26.7 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on GilpinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16890220The 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 856032. 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.