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Hilltop, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. It lies near Maysville Summit. The Survey maps it on the Mount Lewis quadrangle.

Hilltop within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1994 and 2018, burning about 41,646 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2011Natural112 acresBattle Mountain District Office9TH STREET
2 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeLEWIS CYN.
8 August 2001Natural103 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBENS PEAK
31 August 1998Natural72 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMUD SPG
26 August 1996Natural35,932 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSLAVEN II
26 August 1996Natural2.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSLAVEN
2 August 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeHILLTOP
10 August 2012Natural2,533 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeINDIAN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Hilltop: 50 past producers, 11 producers, 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Silver, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Dick Antimony MineAntimony, Silver, Gold, SeleniumProducerStibnite
Dean MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPlant1990
Dean MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron, CopperPast Producervein
Eagle MoniterSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Eagle-Monitor ClaimsSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, IronProducer1867
Golden RuleGold, BismuthPast Producer
Grey Eagle MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1875
Grey Eagle MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Harris Molybdenite ProspectMolybdenum, TungstenProspect
Hilltop MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, TinProducer1906, 1912

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pittsburgh (historical)1.5 miles12
Maysville (historical)1.5 miles12
Dean (historical)3.0 miles12
Middletown (historical)4.1 miles12
Starr (historical)4.1 miles12
Mud Springs (historical)4.1 miles13
Betty O'Neal (historical)5.8 miles12
Lander (historical)7.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HilltopAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54959648The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856043. 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.