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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.

Montezuma within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

40 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 1999Natural119 acresEly District OfficeRAINBOW
4 September 2009Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeDUPONT
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeLAKE VALLE
16 September 2002Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeGATE
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNAT OUT TWENTY
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeSEEDING
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeCAVE VAL
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeGRAHAM SPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ad ProspectTungsten, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Cave Valley MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Vanadium, Clay, ArsenicPast Producer1921, 1922
Cave Valley MineSilver, Copper, Lead, UraniumPast Producer
Cinch MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Eagle Rock MineAntimony, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Iron, Manganese, Silver, GoldOccurrence1927
Jerry ClaimsCopper, Zinc, Tungsten, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1916
Lanter MineTungsten, Gold, Zinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Patterson Pass ProspectSilver, Tungsten, LeadProspect
PipTungsten, Silver, GoldProspect
Schwartz Canyon DepositsTungsten, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, IronPast Producer1869

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Patterson (historical)2.0 miles5
Cave Valley (historical)5.2 miles5
Geyser (historical)7.7 miles5
Pony Springs20.0 miles5
Atlanta22.9 miles5
Wilson Creek (historical)23.6 miles5
Karo (historical)29.7 miles5
Cedarhurst (historical)33.2 miles5

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.