Illipah, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cherry Creek census division. The Survey maps it on the Illipah quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Illipah within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1951 USGS Illipah quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Mt. Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Illipah quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Illipah (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 19 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
7 September 1996	Smoking	under an acre	Ely District Office	LINCOLN
4 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	ILLIPAH
17 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ely District Office	JAKES
8 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	SAMMY SPR.
6 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	HWY6 MM21
5 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	INDIAN
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	MORMON
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	SMITH

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Illipah (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum. 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
	Monto Cristo Springs Property	Tungsten, Molybdenum	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
Hamilton	10.9 miles	15
Treasure City (historical)	11.8 miles	15
Picotillo (historical)	12.0 miles	15
Greenville (historical)	12.0 miles	15
Babylon (historical)	12.4 miles	15
White Pine City (historical)	12.5 miles	15
Pogonip	12.6 miles	15
Swansea (historical)	12.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 860095. 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.