Monarch, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. The Survey maps it on the Belmont West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Monarch within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Belmont West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Mount Jefferson quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Monarch (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	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
20 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	NO7
10 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	NAT OUT 6
3 November 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.4 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	SILVER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Monarch (historical): 27 occurrences, 17 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Ajax Nos. 1-3	Copper, Zinc, Lead	Occurrence
Arizona Claim	Silver, Copper, Antimony, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead	Past Producer	Cerargyrite, Molybdenite, Stetefeldite, Stromeyerite, Wulfenite
Bel Claims	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Vanadium	Occurrence	Vein
Bmt Claim Group	Arsenic, Semiprecious Gemstone	Occurrence
Combination Mine	Silver, Antimony	Past Producer	Vein
El Dorado South Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Vein
Falcon Prospect	Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth	Past Producer	1956
Monarch Ranch	Copper, Cobalt, Chromium, Nickel	Occurrence
Monitor and Independence	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Unknown
NBMG Sample Site 2039	Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Arsenic, Zinc, Antimony	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Nye 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
East Belmont (historical)	3.8 miles	8
Belmont	4.5 miles	8
White Caps (historical)	8.6 miles	14
Barcelona (historical)	8.9 miles	8
Barcelona Summit	9.0 miles	8
Van Ness (historical)	9.1 miles	8
Flowers Camp	9.3 miles	8
San Pedros	9.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 860623. 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.