Montezuma, Nevada
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Pioche census division. It lies near Mount Montezuma. The Survey maps it on the Milk Ranch Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Milk Ranch Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Montezuma (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 352 acres in total. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 119 acres | Ely District Office | RAINBOW |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | DUPONT |
| 16 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | LAKE VALLE |
| 16 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | GATE |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NAT OUT TWENTY |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SEEDING |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | CAVE VAL |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | GRAHAM SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Montezuma (historical): 8 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Prospect | Tungsten, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Cave Valley Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Vanadium, Clay, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1921, 1922 | |
| Cave Valley Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Cinch Mine | Tungsten, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Rock Mine | Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Iron, Manganese, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1927 | |
| Jerry Claims | Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | 1916 | |
| Lanter Mine | Tungsten, Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Patterson Pass Prospect | Silver, Tungsten, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Pip | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Schwartz Canyon Deposits | Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Iron | Past Producer | 1869 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson (historical) | 2.0 miles | 5 | |
| Cave Valley (historical) | 5.2 miles | 5 | |
| Geyser (historical) | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Pony Springs | 20.0 miles | 5 | |
| Atlanta | 22.9 miles | 5 | |
| Wilson Creek (historical) | 23.6 miles | 5 | |
| Karo (historical) | 29.7 miles | 5 | |
| Cedarhurst (historical) | 33.2 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 851017. 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.



