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Goldyke, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gabbs census division. The Survey maps it on the Goldyke quadrangle.

Goldyke within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Goldyke between 2001 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 August 2020Natural26 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMILDRED
25 July 2018Natural85 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGABBS
30 June 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSHEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Goldyke: 23 prospects, 13 occurrences, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
B. & C. SpringsMolybdenum, Silver, CopperProspect1968
Colby Mines Ltd Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenum, CopperProspect
Jim GroupGold, LeadOccurrenceVein
Jim GroupLead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Mildred MineCopper, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
NBMG Sample Site 2091Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
SullivanSilver, Gold, CopperPlant
Unknown ProspectGold, Tungsten, Copper, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Unknown ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumProspect
Unknown ProspectGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, TungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Atwood (historical)1.0 miles13
Pactolus5.9 miles13
Brucite8.9 miles16
Basic9.5 miles16
Gabbs9.5 miles16
Green Springs (historical)11.6 miles16
Downeyville (historical)12.1 miles16
Union (historical)16.5 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122566506The 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 856257. 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.