Gweenah, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies near Vigus Butte. The Survey maps it on the Vigus Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gweenah within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Vigus Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Edwards Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gweenah (historical) between 1992 and 2013, 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
Equipment and vehicle use	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
29 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
3 July 1996	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	VIGUSBUTTE
5 May 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	SKUNK RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gweenah (historical): 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
45.69 Pit Portable Crusher 3108	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Greenah	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Greenah Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Vein
Malloy	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Tempo Prospect	Gold, Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony	Occurrence	1968
Volcanic Ash	Pumice	Past Producer
Willys Group	Uranium	Prospect
Skookum Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Skookum Property	Copper	Unknown

Every working recorded in Lander 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Skookum (historical)	1.6 miles	9
Jacobsville (historical)	4.0 miles	9
Amador (historical)	5.8 miles	10
Clifton (historical)	7.2 miles	12
Yankee Blade	7.6 miles	10
Canon City	7.8 miles	12
Austin	7.8 miles	12
Mount Airy	10.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847731. 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.