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Indian Hills, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Genoa-Jacks Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89705. It lies near Carson Valley. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Indian Hills within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,792 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitSKYLINE
4 September 2019Natural5.3 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestJACKS
29 September 2003Recreation and ceremony35 acresCarson City District OfficeVOLTAIRE 2
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 094
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use81 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestVOLTAIRE
20 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
20 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWNA 23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hills: 13 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Uranium, Tungsten. 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
Athens MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Carson Black Lead MineGraphitePast Producer1903
Crystal ClaimsSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Gold ProspectceGoldProspect
Ne Section 22 Shafts and AditBarium-Barite, SilverOccurrenceBarite
Panama Canal Mining CoSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Prison Hill MineBarium-BariteProspect
Rafetto PropertyArsenicUnknown
Se Section 22 Shafts and AditsCopper, Silver, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Unnamed AditLead, Copper, SilverOccurrenceGalena, Pyrite

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Bridge House3.0 miles28
Cradlebaugh (historical)3.0 miles28
Johnson Lane4.2 miles28
Genoa6.6 miles28
Walleys Hot Springs7.7 miles32
Glenbrook8.2 miles30
Logan Creek Estates8.3 miles30
Kingsbury Village9.0 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867347. 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.