BlockGold Run, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It stands on Layson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adelaide quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Adelaide quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gold Run (historical) between 1993 and 2018, burning about 10,701 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Winnemucca District Office | ADELAIDE |
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Winnemucca District Office | ADELAIDE |
| 11 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | 486 acres | Winnemucca District Office | ADELAIDE |
| 4 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Winnemucca District Office | ANDERSON |
| 31 July 2014 | Natural | 75 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SONOMA |
| 24 July 2018 | Natural | 10,132 acres | Winnemucca District Office | GREGG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Gold Run (historical): 17 past producers, 16 occurrences, 12 prospects, 10 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Silver, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Crown Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Adelaide Crown Mines | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1866, 1907 | |
| Adelaide Crown Mines | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1860, 1980 | |
| Adelaide Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1865, 1867, 1981 | |
| Adelaide Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Plant | ||
| Adelaide Placer Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Producer | ||
| Apex No. 1 Claim | Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Copper Head Property | Copper, Molybdenum, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cumberland Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Garnet Mine | Garnet | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide (historical) | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Golconda | 9.9 miles | 23 | |
| Preble | 12.8 miles | 23 | |
| Iron Point (historical) | 15.3 miles | 22 | |
| Herrin | 15.9 miles | 19 | |
| Comus | 16.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bliss | 16.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857557. 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.