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Mendha, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies near The Point. The Survey maps it on the Highland Peak quadrangle.

Mendha within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Mendha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,382 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1999Natural2.0 acresEly District OfficeBROAN CAN
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeCASELTON
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeHIGHLAND
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePANAM
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNATURAL OUT 13
18 September 1992Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeBRISTOL
14 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresEly District OfficeHIGHWAY
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEly District OfficePIOCHE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 146 workings within 5 miles of Mendha: 89 past producers, 29 occurrences, 22 prospects, 3 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Abe Lincoln MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese, IronPast Producer1867, 1885
Agricultural Minerals PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant1975
Arcane Mining Co. PropertyLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Black Prince MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerWad
Black Prince MineZinc, Silver, Manganese, Lead, GoldPast Producer1952
Bumagin ShaftGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, AntimonyPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
California-Pioche ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, LeadProspect
Centennial ShaftLead, Silver, Manganese, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Combined Metals No. 1 MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Highland (historical)2.2 miles17
Caselton3.0 miles19
Caselton Heights3.5 miles19
Pioche3.8 miles19
Big Trees4.4 miles17
Prince4.4 miles19
Princeton (historical)4.7 miles19
Bristol10.2 miles10

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 Q122588512The 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 856079. 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.