Lander City, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89310. It lies near First Canyon. The Survey maps it on the West of Austin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lander City within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS West of Austin quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lander City (historical) between 2001 and 2018, burning about 564 acres in total. 5 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	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 September 2006	Natural	8.0 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	CANON
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	LYNCH
1 August 2018	Natural	46 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	POTTER
21 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TANK
17 July 2018	Natural	2.6 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BIG CREEK
24 October 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	507 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	BIG FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lander City (historical): 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Antimony, Uranium. 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
Austin Gold Venture	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	1979, 1986
Austin Gold Ventures Gold Mine	Gold, Arsenic, Antimony	Past Producer	1980, 1986, 1989
Bull Dog Jack Claim	Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Unknown 8,17,43	Gold, Molybdenum	Occurrence
Zuni Claim	Semiprecious Gemstone	Occurrence
Buck Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Graduation, Venus & Jupiter Claims	Uranium	Prospect
Antimony King Mine	Antimony	Past Producer	Vein
Antimony King Mine	Antimony	Past Producer	1890, 1907
Dry Canyon Mine	Antimony	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Canyon City (historical)	2.4 miles	12
Watertown (historical)	3.0 miles	12
Canon City	5.8 miles	12
Clinton (historical)	6.0 miles	12
Geneva (historical)	6.2 miles	12
Jacobsville (historical)	8.7 miles	9
Austin	9.4 miles	12
Clifton (historical)	9.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846978. 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.