National, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McDermitt census division. It lies near Round Hill. The Survey maps it on the Buckskin Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

National within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Quinn River Valley quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Buckskin Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of National (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 3,454 acres in total. 12 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	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
16 September 1995	Natural	1,728 acres	Winnemucca District Office	BUCKSKIN
16 September 1995	Natural	330 acres	Winnemucca District Office	3 MILE
5 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	THREEMILE2
5 August 1993	Natural	15 acres	Winnemucca District Office	THREE MILE
26 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.9 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	WINDY GAP (605)
26 August 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	BIA 12
11 August 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	CANYON II
1 August 2003	Natural	86 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MCCONNELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of National (historical): 28 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Gold. 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
Auto Hill	Antimony, Silver, Lead	Unknown
Auto Hill Prospects	Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Mercury, Bismuth	Past Producer	1908
Birthday Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic	Past Producer	1925
Birthday Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony	Past Producer
Blum Shaft	Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury	Occurrence	1925
Blum Shaft	Mercury, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Silver	Past Producer
Buckskin National Mine	Gold, Silver, Mercury, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Caustin Mine	Silver, Antimony, Gold, Iron	Past Producer	1915
Chefoo Tunnel	Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Iron, Zinc, Antimony, Copper	Past Producer	1915
Gold Occurrence	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Cañon Creek Station (historical)	5.0 miles	17
Cordero	13.5 miles	16
McDermitt	13.6 miles	17
Platora	14.5 miles	16
Spring City (historical)	17.9 miles	14
Rebel Creek (historical)	18.1 miles	16
Gouge Eye	18.8 miles	14
Orovada	20.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862642. 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.