Lander, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. The Survey maps it on the Tenabo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lander within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1949 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Tenabo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Crescent Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Lander (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,733 acres in total. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
30 September 2011	Natural	112 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	9TH STREET
9 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lander County	CRESENT VALLEY A
9 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Lander County	CRESENT VALLEY B
8 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	TENABO
31 August 1998	Natural	72 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	MUD SPG
27 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	VALLEY BOTTOM
22 August 2005	Natural	2.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	HILL TOP
12 August 2012	Natural	1.0 acres	Battle Mountain District Office	UTAH MINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 105 workings within 5 miles of Lander (historical): 61 past producers, 23 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 6 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Blue Ridge Mine	Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone	Producer
Bullion Property	Silica	Prospect
Crescent Valley Placers	Gold, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	1905, 1916, 1940
Gelding	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Gold Pan	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	Malachite
Gold Quartz	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1910
Grand Prise	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Grey Eagle Mine	Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten	Past Producer	1875
Grey Eagle Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Lander Mine	Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold	Past Producer

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
Bullion (historical)	0.8 miles	14
Gold Quartz	1.6 miles	14
Mill Gulch (historical)	2.0 miles	14
Tenabo	2.0 miles	14
Mud Springs (historical)	3.9 miles	13
Frisbie (historical)	4.2 miles	14
Gold Acres	5.1 miles	14
Hilltop	7.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847387. 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.