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Mustang, Nevada

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89434. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle.

Mustang within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Mustang between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,266 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Firearms and explosives use7
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2018Debris and open burning14 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG
6 September 2011Fireworks157 acresCarson City District OfficeHOMERUN
3 September 1997Natural379 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 2
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCarson City District OfficePARK
24 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeMUSTANG 3
14 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCarson City District OfficePATRICK
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresStorey County Fire DepartmentPOWERLINE
6 August 2017Natural192 acresCarson City District OfficeCANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mustang: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Mercury, Diatomite. 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
Hill and Burgner ProspectUraniumProspect
Revelation Grog PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Truckee Canyon DepositPerliteOccurrence
White Bird ProspectDiatomiteProspect
Washington Hill MineMercuryOccurrence1941
Washington Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1941
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Truckee Canyon DepositPumicePast Producer
Unnamed Pumic DepositPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed Pumicious RhyolitePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Hafed0.5 miles28
Patrick3.1 miles24
Vista3.8 miles28
Wedekind5.1 miles28
Hidden Valley5.2 miles32
Glendale5.9 miles28
Sparks6.6 miles29
Huffaker (historical)9.2 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845580. 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.