Hiller, Nevada

16 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 lies near Big Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fagin Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hiller within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1926 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000
1929 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Walti Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Simpson Park Mtns quadrangle1:100000
1979 USGS Simpson Park Mts quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Fagin Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hiller (historical) between 1996 and 2000, burning about 96,396 acres in total. 5 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	5

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
10 September 1996	Natural	250 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MOONSHINE
5 August 1999	Natural	95,793 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	TRAILCANYN
2 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	MONITOR
8 July 1996	Natural	350 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MCCLUSKEY
8 June 1996	Natural	3.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	CARICO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hiller (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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
	Walti Hot Springs	Geothermal	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
Spencer (historical)	12.9 miles	17
Grass Valley	14.6 miles	17
Cortez	20.5 miles	15
Gold Acres	29.7 miles	14
Frisbie (historical)	30.0 miles	14
Curtis (historical)	30.5 miles	9
Yankee Blade	32.2 miles	10
Amador (historical)	32.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846840. 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.