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Mound House, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89706. It lies near Lenihan Canyon. The Survey maps it on the New Empire quadrangle. It stands 4,974 feet above sea level.

Mound House within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The Moonlite BunnyRanch in the tiny settlement of Mound House, Nevada, near the capital, Carson City
The Moonlite BunnyRanch in the tiny settlement of Mound House, Nevada, near the capital, Carson City
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Mound House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,217 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 8 were 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/undetermined51
Natural36
Recreation and ceremony23
Firearms and explosives use14
Other causes10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2012Natural768 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeWINTERS
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMINE
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMOUNDHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 143 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 143 workings within 5 miles of Mound House: 78 past producers, 34 prospects, 11 occurrences, 9 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Anderson Pit & MillSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldOccurrence
Belcher ClaimSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer1859, 1868
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson MineGold, Silver, Lead, TungstenProspect
Carson River MercuryGold, Mercury, SilverProspect
Cinderlite AggregatesPumicePast Producer
Dayton MineGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPlant
DixonTungsten, ManganeseOccurrence
Dixon Manganese-Tungsten DepositTungsten, ManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Eureka (historical)2.3 miles29
Johntown (historical)3.6 miles31
Silver City3.7 miles32
Twin Flat3.8 miles32
Dayton4.6 miles25
Sutro6.5 miles31
Carson Rapids City8.7 miles31
Palmyra (historical)10.9 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Mound HouseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477937The 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 856321. 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.