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Highland, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies near Water Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Highland Peak 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 Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Highland (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,439 acres in total. 84 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism5

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
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeCASELTON
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHIGHLAND
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePANAM
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNATURAL OUT 13
26 September 2004Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDONUT
18 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBRISTOL
12 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSTEEP
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficePIOCHE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 181 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 181 workings within 5 miles of Highland (historical): 89 past producers, 44 occurrences, 43 prospects, 2 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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
Abe Lincoln MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, IronPast Producer1867, 1885
Agricultural Minerals PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant1975
Arcane Mining Co. PropertyLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Black Prince MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerWad
Black Prince MineZinc, Silver, Manganese, Lead, GoldPast Producer1952
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, AntimonyPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, LeadProspect
Centennial ShaftLead, Silver, Manganese, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Combined Metals No. 1 MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Combined Metals Reduction Co No. 1 ShaftSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Manganese, Arsenic, AntimonyPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Big Trees2.2 miles17
Mendha2.2 miles17
Caselton2.8 miles19
Caselton Heights3.2 miles19
Princeton (historical)3.8 miles19
Prince3.9 miles19
Pioche4.5 miles19
Bullionville (historical)11.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851267. 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.