Junction, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It stands on Decker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millett Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Junction within Nye 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Junction (historical) between 1993 and 2002, burning about 1 acre in total. 5 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	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
3 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	DECKER
30 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
22 June 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	AKEN
22 June 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TAR
8 October 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WATER TANK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Junction (historical): 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, 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
Bow Claim	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	1980
Little Smoky No. 2 Prospect	Mercury, Copper	Occurrence	1957
Perrins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rob Claim	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony	Prospect
Spaulding Salt Marsh	Halite	Past Producer	Halite
Unknown 18,14,43	Silver, Tungsten, Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Prospect	Tungsten, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Mercury	Occurrence	Galena, Malachite
Contact Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Aiken Creek Claim	Gold	Occurrence
Mark Claim	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Millett	5.8 miles	11
San Juan (historical)	6.0 miles	11
Park Canyon (historical)	6.5 miles	11
Pueblo (historical)	7.0 miles	11
Washington	7.1 miles	11
Ophir (historical)	12.4 miles	14
Barrett (historical)	15.7 miles	12
Northumberland (historical)	17.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848175. 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.