Hunter, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McGill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. The Survey maps it on the Telegraph Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hunter within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Telegraph Peak quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hunter (historical) in 2003, burning under an acre 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
Natural	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
13 June 2003	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	DRY CANYON

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Hunter (historical): 12 past producers, 12 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cuba Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Hunter Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Past Producer
Piedmont	Tungsten, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Rainy Day	Lead, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Rand Claims Prospect.	Copper, Zinc	Past Producer
Stinson Mine	Gold, Iron	Past Producer	Metamorphic
Stinson Mine	Gold, Iron, Silver	Past Producer
Valley View Mine	Tungsten, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Galena, Scheelite
Vulcan	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Flurite #2	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in White Pine 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
Warm Springs	9.9 miles	11
Melvin (historical)	10.6 miles	11
Glenn	13.7 miles	19
Egan (historical)	15.2 miles	11
Kent (historical)	17.1 miles	18
Cherry Creek	18.5 miles	11
Ruby Hill (historical)	18.9 miles	11
McGill	19.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854706. 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.