Knickerbocker, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies near Sheep Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Knickerbocker within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1948 USGS Ione quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Ione quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Ione Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Ione quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Knickerbocker (historical) between 2001 and 2002, burning about 3 acres in total. 7 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	7

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
31 August 2001	Natural	1.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MUD HOLE
31 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MITCHELL
31 August 2001	Natural	1.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MITCHEL
30 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MUD HOLE
4 July 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	UNION CANYON
12 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SAND WASH
24 May 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SPANISH SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Knickerbocker (historical): 38 past producers, 19 prospects, 16 occurrences, 6 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alexander and Brooklyn	Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Plant
Berlin Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Iron	Past Producer	1898
Boulder Prospect	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Copper King	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Good Luck Mine	Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Gold	Occurrence	1898
Grantsville Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1863
Grantsville Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	1860, 1863, 1970
Jjj Prospect	Zinc, Copper	Prospect
King Midas Mill	Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Lookout Prospect	Gold, Copper, Mercury, Silver	Prospect

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
Ione	2.3 miles	17
Berlin	2.5 miles	17
Shamrock (historical)	2.5 miles	17
Union (historical)	3.4 miles	17
Grantsville	4.9 miles	17
Glen Hamilton (historical)	6.1 miles	17
Idlewild (historical)	6.7 miles	12
Reese River	8.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848266. 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.