Keystone, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Eureka census division. The Survey maps it on the Walti Hot Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keystone within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1926 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000
1929 USGS Roberts Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Walti Hot Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Simpson Park Mtns quadrangle1:100000
1979 USGS Simpson Park Mts quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Walti Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Keystone (historical) between 1994 and 2005, burning about 1,507 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
Natural	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
20 September 1996	Natural	1,500 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MUD
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	MCCLUSKEY
16 August 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	REST STOP
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	DRY FIRE
9 July 1996	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	CANYON
23 July 2003	Natural	2.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	TONKIN
22 July 2005	Natural	1.5 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	TOKEN
22 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Keystone (historical): 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Geothermal. 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
Key W	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Keystone Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	1870, 1925
Keystone Mine	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Walti Hot Springs	Geothermal	Unknown

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
Nevin (historical)	1.9 miles	16
Tonkin	8.0 miles	19
Three Bar (historical)	9.7 miles	19
Buckhorn	17.9 miles	11
Alpha	20.4 miles	15
White (historical)	21.0 miles	19
Shannon	22.6 miles	15
Romano (historical)	25.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 855841. 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.