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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.

Humboldt City within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

47 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMCGEE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeHUMBOLDT
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY 3
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY 2
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY 1
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use75 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRYE
4 September 2003Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY MINE
3 September 2007Smoking1.8 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 143

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 82 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American BasinSilver, Zinc, Gold, CopperProspect
De SotoSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer
De Soto MineSilver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1861
Florida Canyon Gold MineGold, Silver, Mercury, Kaolin, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, SulfurProducer1986, 2004
Florida Canyon Kaolin ProspectClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Florida Canyon Kaolin ProspectKaolinPast Producer
Gamble ProspectTungsten, Gold, Antimony, SilverPast ProducerVein
I M ClaimsGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, AntimonyProspect
I M ClaimsGold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, CopperPast ProducerBindheimite, Gold, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite
Imlay MineGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Boron-BoratesProducerUnderground

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Humboldt2.5 miles15
Humboldt House2.5 miles15
Twain2.8 miles18
Star City (historical)4.6 miles18
Imlay6.2 miles17
Lander City (historical)8.4 miles22
Mill City10.1 miles22
Rye Patch10.3 miles16

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.