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Kelly Creek, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Golconda census division. The Survey maps it on the Kenny Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kelly Creek within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Kelly Creek (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 82,367 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,493 acresWinnemucca District OfficeKELLY
9 August 2019Natural138 acresWinnemucca District OfficeWEST KELLY
9 August 1997Natural498 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCHIMMNEY
12 August 2001Natural19,644 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeRANCH
12 August 2001Natural1,000 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMIDAS
28 July 2005Natural123 acresWinnemucca District OfficeKELLYCREEK
28 July 2005Natural305 acresWinnemucca District OfficeNORTH JAKE
25 July 2017Natural2,000 acresWinnemucca District OfficeDRY HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kelly Creek (historical): 5 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
Chimney Creek MineGold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Antimony, Lead, Thallium, MercuryProducer1985, 1987
Copper CanyonGold, Zinc, SilverProspect
Rabbit Creek MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Mercury, Barium-Barite, AntimonyProducer1987, 1990
Twin Creeks Chimney & Rabbit Ck'sGold, Silver, MercuryPlant1985, 1987
Twin Creeks MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, Barium-BariteProducer1985, 1986, 2006
Chimney Creek MineGold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1985, 1987
Chimney Creek DepositGoldProducer1985

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Getchell9.1 miles16
Red House20.2 miles19
Comus22.0 miles16
Iron Point (historical)23.9 miles22
Knight25.0 miles19
Queen City (historical)25.2 miles14
Preble25.6 miles23
Herrin26.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858572. 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.