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Kiernan, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. It lies near Cottonwood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Leith quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kiernan within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Kiernan (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,441 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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
Natural19
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLincoln County Fire Protection DistrictTRAILER
9 September 1995Natural3.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeELGIN2
6 September 2006Natural3,050 acresEly District OfficeDUSKY
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSALUTE
6 September 1995Natural12 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeCOTTONWOOD
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBRADSHAW
1 September 1997Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLEITH
7 August 2005Natural3.0 acresEly District OfficeKYLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kiernan (historical): 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Mercury, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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
Cherokee MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Barium-BaritePast Producer1885, 1951
Cherokee MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Cinnabar GroupMercury, ManganeseOccurrence1968
Kyle Siding ProspectGoldProspect
Snowflake MineGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Wall Street ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Lucky Boy ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Quicksilver Point ClaimMercuryOccurrence1965
Quicksilver Point ClaimMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Kyle2.2 miles16
Viola (historical)4.6 miles16
Elgin5.7 miles16
Boyd11.6 miles16
Carp12.2 miles16
Stine15.7 miles16
Angle City18.0 miles15
Islen18.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851276. 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.