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Kennedy, Nevada

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies near Gold Note Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kennedy Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kennedy within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kennedy (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,962 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeREED CYN
25 July 2007Natural6.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficePOLE CREEK
24 July 2007Natural20 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSWEENEY
22 July 2018Natural394 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSWEENEY
20 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresWinnemucca District OfficeM PASS
16 July 1994Natural400 acresWinnemucca District OfficeFRENCH BOY
7 June 1996Natural1,630 acresWinnemucca District OfficeKENNEDY
7 June 1996Natural2,470 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Kennedy (historical): 15 past producers, 11 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold Note MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, AntimonyPast Producer1891, 1893
Granite Mountain Cu-Mo PropertyCopper, Molybdenum, Silver, Manganese, Barium-BariteOccurrence1975
Granite Mountain Drill Site 101Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, ManganeseOccurrence1975
HenriettaLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Henrietta MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1875
Hidden Treasure MineZinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Imperial GroupGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Imperial MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1891, 1893
Kennedy Canyon ProspectGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Tetrahedrite
Paris WellGeothermalUnknown

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Kyle Hot Springs11.8 miles21
Jersey (historical)15.9 miles22
Stevensville (historical)19.5 miles16
Fitting19.9 miles16
Cherry Creek (historical)21.9 miles21
Rochester Heights (historical)22.3 miles16
East Rochester (historical)22.4 miles16
Panama22.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854500. 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.