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Leeland, Nevada

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Amargosa Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89020. The Survey maps it on the Leeland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Leeland within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Leeland (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 September 2001Fireworks1.0 acresDeath Valley National ParkHOTSPRINGS
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNAT OUT 6
22 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeNAT OUT 5
18 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNye CountyBRUSHWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Leeland (historical): 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Zirconium, Silica, Iron, Feldspar, Calcium. 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
Big DuneTitanium, Zirconium, Silica, Iron, Feldspar, CalciumOccurrence
FlapjackGoldPast ProducerGold
FlapjackGoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectsGoldOccurrenceVein
Unnamed ProspectsGoldProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Roses Well (historical)7.5 miles24
Ashton10.3 miles24
Amargosa Valley10.6 miles25
Carrara (historical)16.3 miles24
Fluorine (historical)21.5 miles25
Gold Center21.7 miles24
Ashmeadow (historical)21.9 miles24
Amargosa (historical)22.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856067. 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.