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McGill Junction, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the McGill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89318. The Survey maps it on the East Ely quadrangle.

McGill Junction within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of McGill Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 976 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 1 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSUBSTATION
11 September 2019Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHEUSSER
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresEly District OfficeWHIX FIVE
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeWHIX SIX
8 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficeBASSETT
6 August 2011Natural1.0 acresEly District OfficeWHIX TWO
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeMCGILL SPR
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeGAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine 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 McGill Junction: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ely Amalgamated Copper CoLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Ely Gibraltar ClaimsLead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerAnglesite, Copper, Galena
Keystone DumpsCopper, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, PotassiumPast Producer
Red Hills Claims.Silver, GoldOccurrence
Sample Locality 893Lead, SilverOccurrence
Silver-Lead ProspectSilver, LeadOccurrence
Silver-Lead ProspectSilver, LeadOccurrence
Hoops PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Isbel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limekiln QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in White Pine 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
Adverse1.5 miles19
McGill2.6 miles19
Lavon3.1 miles17
Steptoe3.1 miles19
Baltimore Mill7.0 miles17
Mosier7.8 miles17
Glenn8.0 miles19
Kent (historical)8.3 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122558045The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 860525. 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.