BlockGrass Valley, Nevada
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It stands on Skull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grass Valley Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000
- 1929 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Mount Callaghan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Simpson Park Mtns quadrangle1:100000
- 1979 USGS Simpson Park Mts quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Grass Valley Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grass Valley between 1997 and 2001, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | KILN |
| 12 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Battle Mountain District Office | TREE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grass Valley: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Mercury, Gemstone, Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Lights Mine | Gemstone, Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Rast Property | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Grass Valley | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Ruth Claims | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer (historical) | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hiller (historical) | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Yankee Blade | 17.6 miles | 10 | |
| Amador (historical) | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Curtis (historical) | 19.6 miles | 9 | |
| Austin | 20.1 miles | 12 | |
| Clifton (historical) | 20.3 miles | 12 | |
| Skookum (historical) | 22.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846835. 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.