Mill City, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89418. The Survey maps it on the Mill City quadrangle.

Mill City within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1939 USGS Eugene Mountains Area quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1942 USGS Eugene Mountains Area quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Imlay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Eugene Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Mill City quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Mill City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,533 acres in total. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24
Natural	16
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
30 September 1996	Natural	40 acres	Winnemucca District Office	TEHAMA
23 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	FRONTAGE
20 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	COSGRAVE
2 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MILL CITY
16 September 1995	Natural	1.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MILL CITY
10 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.3 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MM 146
9 August 1997	Natural	1.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	EARLY MILL
4 August 1999	Natural	250 acres	Winnemucca District Office	PIT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mill City: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Imlay Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Stank and Forge Lease	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1914

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Neptune City (historical)	3.3 miles	22
Lander City (historical)	3.6 miles	22
Imlay	4.5 miles	17
Tungsten	7.2 miles	19
Central (historical)	7.6 miles	19
Raspberry Creek (historical)	7.8 miles	19
Cosgrave	8.3 miles	19
Dun Glen (historical)	8.8 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847415. 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.