Highland, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlin census division. It lies near Bunker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bullion quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Highland within Elko 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.

1952 USGS Dixie Flats quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1955 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bullion quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Highland (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,436 acres in total. 13 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	13
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Firearms and explosives use	1
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
19 September 2005	Firearms and explosives use	156 acres	Elko District Office	PORK
1 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Elko District Office	TRUCKCREEK
6 August 1995	Natural	924 acres	Elko District Office	CISSILLINI
4 August 1999	Natural	50 acres	Elko District Office	WEBB
23 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	35 acres	Elko District Office	CRANE
13 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	CEDAR 5
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	CEDAR 1
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	CEDARTHREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Highland (historical): 52 past producers, 15 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Aladdin Group	Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Tungsten	Past Producer	1875
Aladdin Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc	Past Producer	1869, 1870
Bunker Hill	Calcium	Past Producer
Copper Bell Mine	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Delmas Mine	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc	Past Producer	1906
Grey Eagle	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Holloysite Deposit	Clay	Occurrence
Humboldt	Lead, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	1872
Iron Prospect	Iron	Past Producer
NBMG Sample Locations 171 & 172	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten	Occurrence	Surface/Underground

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Bullion	0.7 miles	13
Old Bullion	1.4 miles	13
Cottonwood (historical)	10.7 miles	13
Tonka	14.0 miles	15
Tyrol	14.0 miles	13
Vivian	14.9 miles	15
Carlin	14.9 miles	15
Moleen	15.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852197. 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.