BlockMiddlegate, Nevada
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dixie Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. It stands on Bench Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Gate quadrangle. It stands 4,610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS West Gate quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Fallon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Middlegate between 2001 and 2017, burning about 8 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Carson City District Office | SHOE TREE |
| 13 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carson City District Office | MIDDLEGATE |
| 29 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Carson City District Office | TRANSFER CASE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Middlegate: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddy Mine | Antimony | Prospect | ||
| Gamma Group, Nos. 1&2 | Stone, Dimension, Zeolites | Occurrence | 1948 | |
| Middle Gate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Bell Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lovestedt Mill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Merkt Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1953 | |
| Merkt Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Middlegate | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Middlegate Clay | Clay | Occurrence | Clay |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastgate | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Nevada Hills (historical) | 9.6 miles | 20 | |
| Red Top (historical) | 12.7 miles | 21 | |
| Frenchman | 12.9 miles | 20 | |
| Cold Springs | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kingston (historical) | 14.5 miles | 21 | |
| Eagleville (historical) | 17.4 miles | 20 | |
| Clan Alpine (historical) | 20.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Middlegate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6841800 | The 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 856080. 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.