Humboldt City, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. The Survey maps it on the Star Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
- 1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Imlay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eugene Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Star Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Humboldt City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 15,942 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MCGEE |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | HUMBOLDT |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Winnemucca District Office | IMLAY 3 |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | IMLAY 2 |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | IMLAY 1 |
| 5 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Winnemucca District Office | RYE |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | IMLAY MINE |
| 3 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.8 acres | Winnemucca District Office | MM 143 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 82 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Humboldt City: 37 past producers, 16 prospects, 14 unknowns, 11 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Basin | Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| De Soto | Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| De Soto Mine | Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1861 | |
| Florida Canyon Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Kaolin, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Sulfur | Producer | 1986, 2004 | |
| Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Gamble Prospect | Tungsten, Gold, Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| I M Claims | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony | Prospect | ||
| I M Claims | Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, Copper | Past Producer | Bindheimite, Gold, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Imlay Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Boron-Borates | Producer | Underground |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Humboldt House | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Twain | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Star City (historical) | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Imlay | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Lander City (historical) | 8.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mill City | 10.1 miles | 22 | |
| Rye Patch | 10.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856048. 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.






