Kyle, 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. The Survey maps it on the Leith quadrangle.

Kyle 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.

1885 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1886 USGS Pioche quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Caliente quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Leith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Clover Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Kyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,195 acres in total. 27 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
Natural	27
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Lincoln County Fire Protection District	TRAILER
9 September 1995	Natural	3.0 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	ELGIN2
6 September 2006	Natural	3,050 acres	Ely District Office	DUSKY
6 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	SALUTE
6 September 1995	Natural	12 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	COTTONWOOD
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	BRADSHAW
1 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	PENNSYLVANIA
1 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	LEITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kyle: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Mercury, Manganese. 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
Bobcat Prospect	Silver, Zinc, Lead	Prospect
Cinnabar Group	Mercury, Manganese	Occurrence	1968
Kyle Siding Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Lucky Boy Prospect	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Quicksilver Point Claim	Mercury	Occurrence	1965
Quicksilver Point Claim	Mercury	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kiernan (historical)	2.2 miles	16
Elgin	3.5 miles	16
Viola (historical)	6.5 miles	16
Boyd	9.4 miles	16
Stine	13.5 miles	16
Carp	14.0 miles	16
Etna	17.2 miles	15
Islen	17.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856064. 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.