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Lander City, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. The Survey maps it on the Imlay 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 Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Lander City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106,036 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural12
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY 2
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeIMLAY 1
3 September 2007Smoking1.8 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 143
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeFRONTAGE
16 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMILL CITY
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 146
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMEDIAN
9 August 1997Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeEARLY MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing 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 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
ForgeTungsten, Molybdenum, IronOccurrence
Forge MineTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Scheelite
Stank and Forge LeaseTungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1914
Silver OccurrenceSilverUnknown
Unnamed Silver OccurrenceSilver, GoldOccurrence
Unnamed Silver OccurrenceSilverOccurrence
Clad PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gold CoinTungstenOccurrence
Imlay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Imlay Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Imlay2.3 miles17
Mill City3.6 miles22
Tungsten6.0 miles19
Central (historical)6.2 miles19
Neptune City (historical)6.5 miles22
Humboldt City8.4 miles18
Humboldt8.7 miles15
Humboldt House8.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846360. 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.