Loring, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. The Survey maps it on the Coal Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Loring within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Coal Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Loring (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 116
2 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 112B
6 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 112
2 June 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.4 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 117
15 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 113
25 May 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 112
25 May 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 115
24 May 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MM 116 PE VFD ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Loring (historical): 22 past producers, 16 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 6 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Antimony, Gold, Silver. 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
Adriene Mine	Antimony, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Colado Diatomite/Perlite Plant	Diatomite, Perlite	Producer	1979
Limestone Occurrence	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Mineral Materials Well	Geothermal	Unknown
Rosal Mine	Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
South Pacific Railroad Property	Antimony, Lead	Unknown
Tuff Deposit	Stone	Unknown
Unnamed Antimony Prospect	Antimony, Mercury	Occurrence	Vein
Willard Gold Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1980, 1990, 1997

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Colado	3.0 miles	16
Woolsey	3.6 miles	16
Sanborn (historical)	4.1 miles	16
Kodak	4.4 miles	16
Oreana (historical)	5.6 miles	16
Oreana	7.0 miles	16
Lovelock	8.1 miles	16
Lower Rochester	8.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846345. 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.