Melvin, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McGill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89301. It stands on Big Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monte Neva Hot Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Melvin within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Monte Neva Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Melvin (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
11 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ely District Office	NNS SHORT
1 September 2008	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	PLUTO
30 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	LOG
23 August 1999	Natural	1.5 acres	Ely District Office	WATER CANY
2 July 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ely District Office	FITZHUGH
13 June 2016	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	LOG CANYON
25 May 2018	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	INDIAN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Melvin (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Monte Neva Hot Springs	Geothermal	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Warm Springs	2.0 miles	11
Ruby Hill (historical)	8.6 miles	11
Hunter (historical)	10.6 miles	11
Centerville (historical)	10.7 miles	11
Siegel (historical)	10.8 miles	11
Aurum (historical)	11.2 miles	11
Glenn	13.6 miles	19
Muncy (historical)	13.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 853511. 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.