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Mill Creek Settlement, Nevada

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89703. It lies near Taylor Flat. The Survey maps it on the Carson City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mill Creek Settlement within Carson City

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek Settlement (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,371 acres in total. 32 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictPOLECAT
29 September 2003Recreation and ceremony35 acresCarson City District OfficeVOLTAIRE 2
25 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 095
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use81 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestVOLTAIRE
20 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWNA 23
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestKING 1
13 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeEAST LAKE
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeDUCK HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Mill Creek Settlement (historical): 20 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Athens MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Carson Black Lead MineGraphitePast Producer1903
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Crystal ClaimsSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
North CarsonCopper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
North Carson MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Panama Canal Mining CoSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Premier MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Bismuth, Lead, CobaltPast Producer
Premier Mines Corp.Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Rafetto PropertyArsenicUnknown

Every working recorded in Carson City

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
Lakeview2.3 miles30
Carson City3.1 miles30
Eagle Station (historical)3.2 miles30
Carson Hot Springs3.9 miles30
New Empire5.2 miles29
Stewart5.5 miles28
Empire5.8 miles29
Pinyon Hills6.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857333. 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.