Menken, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Lund census division. It lies near Eberhardt Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Treasure Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Menken within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1949 USGS Treasure Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Treasure Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Mt. Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Treasure Hill quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Menken (historical) between 1993 and 2013, burning about 3,848 acres in total. 6 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	6

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
9 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
4 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
18 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SELIGMAN
15 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	POGONIP
26 July 1993	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
18 July 2007	Natural	3,847 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	CATHEDRAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Menken (historical): 20 past producers, 13 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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
Bull Terrier Patented Mines	Lead, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Commodore Mine	Silver, Zinc	Producer	1979, 1980
Fay Mine	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Grand Prize	Lead, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Great Valley	Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer
Hamilton Range	Barium-Barite	Unknown
Hidden Treasure	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Mobile & Equality Patented Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper	Occurrence
Molybdenum Occurrence	Molybdenum	Unknown
Monte Cristo	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver	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
Pogonip	0.7 miles	15
White Pine City (historical)	0.8 miles	15
Eberhardt	1.0 miles	15
Shermantown	1.0 miles	15
Picotillo (historical)	1.2 miles	15
Swansea (historical)	1.4 miles	15
Treasure City (historical)	1.5 miles	15
Greenville (historical)	2.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 853270. 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.