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Herrin, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. The Survey maps it on the Knight quadrangle.

Herrin within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Herrin between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,252 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 210
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 205
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 207
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 207
24 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 201
24 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 204
20 August 2013Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeSTONEHOUSE
12 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 205

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Herrin: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silica, Manganese. 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
Copper OccurrenceCopperUnknown
Jasper ClaimsGold, Silver, Copper, Barium-BariteOccurrenceGold, Malachite
Lone Tree MineGold, Silver, Antimony, Copper, Arsenic, MercuryProducer1989, 1991
Lone Tree MineGold, Silver, MercuryPlant1989, 1991
Lone Tree/Stonehouse Mine AreaGold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, CopperProducer1989, 1991, 2005
Stonehouse DepositGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Antimony, Mercury, ThalliumProspect1988
Black Mustang ClaimManganeseProspect
Stonehouse AditsManganese, GoldUnknown
Unnamed Quartzite OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Unnamed Quartzite OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Knight3.7 miles19
Stone House (historical)4.3 miles20
Iron Point (historical)5.1 miles22
Ellison7.0 miles20
Red House7.7 miles19
Valmy8.2 miles20
Comus9.6 miles16
Preble11.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856042. 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.