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Moleen, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89801. The Survey maps it on the Grindstone Mountain quadrangle.

Moleen within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Moleen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,681 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
19 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.2 acresElko District OfficeCARLIN AREA RR TIES
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeFIRE ACADEMY
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeGSTONE1
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeACADEMY
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeFIRECRACKER RANCH
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeTUNNEL
3 August 2001Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeLITTLE SP
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeGRIND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moleen: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Box K PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elko City Pit Simkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
McKinley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Hunter2.5 miles12
Tonka3.6 miles15
Vivian5.8 miles15
Cottonwood (historical)8.4 miles13
Carlin8.5 miles15
Tyrol11.7 miles13
Elko11.7 miles12
Ballous Addition11.7 miles12

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 Q122567084The 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 856087. 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.