BlockIron Point, Nevada
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Golconda census division. It lies near Pumpernickel Valley. The Survey maps it on the Iron Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edna Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Iron Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Iron Point (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,591 acres in total. 6 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 205 |
| 7 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | GOLCONDA SUMMIT |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 207 |
| 4 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Winnemucca District Office | IRON POINT |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 207 |
| 28 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | RAIL |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 18 acres | Winnemucca District Office | HERRIN |
| 24 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | MM 201 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Iron Point (historical): 6 prospects, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Gold, Vanadium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golconda Barite Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Point Vanadium Occurrence | Vanadium, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Barium-Barite, Silver | Occurrence | Stratiform | |
| Quick Gold Claims | Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Tungsten, Copper, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Quick Gold Claims | Silver, Antimony, Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Silver Coin Group | Silver, Gold, Lead, Vanadium | Producer | 1918 | |
| Silver Coin Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Vanadium, Tungsten, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Antimony | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Vanadium Occurrence | Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Quick Gold | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Silver Occurrence | Silver, Gold | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856052. 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.