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Hot Springs, Nevada

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Beatty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89003. The Survey maps it on the Beatty Mountain quadrangle.

Hot Springs within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hot Springs between 2003 and 2019, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 September 2011Natural6.3 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSILICONE
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use22 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBEATTY
8 February 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBVFD AST 1
4 February 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeOASIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Hot Springs: 13 past producers, 11 occurrences, 10 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Perlite, Mercury. 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
Bullfrog DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducer1904, 1907
Bullfrog ZeolitesZeolitesOccurrence
Bvc ClaimsGold, MercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Marvin Walker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1975
PumiciteStone, DimensionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed DepositAluminum, PotassiumOccurrence1944
Future GroupBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Future GroupBentoniteProspect
Nevada Clay Sample 19ClayProspect
Pumice PlacerPumicePast Producer1946

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Springdale4.0 miles16
Beatty5.1 miles25
Fluorine (historical)6.4 miles25
Rhyolite7.6 miles25
Gold Center7.9 miles24
Bullfrog (historical)8.4 miles25
Gold Bar (historical)9.4 miles24
Original (historical)10.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851859. 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.