BlockGood Hope, Nevada
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89834. The Survey maps it on the Soldier Cap 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
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Soldier Cap quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Tuscarora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Good Hope (historical) in 1995, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Elko District Office | AG BURN |
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Good Hope (historical): 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver, Gold, Antimony. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye and Ohio | Silver, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Good Hope | Silver, Gold, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Midnight | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Buckeye and Ohio Mine | Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Good Hope Mine | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Amazon | Silver | Occurrence | 1873 | |
| Page and Kelley | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Brick | Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Snyder | Silver | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornucopia (historical) | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Scraper Springs | 12.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jackson (historical) | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Old Tuscarora (historical) | 18.4 miles | 10 | |
| Tuscarora | 18.5 miles | 10 | |
| Deep Creek | 20.2 miles | 11 | |
| Anderson (historical) | 21.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jack Creek | 21.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852070. 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.