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Neptune City, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89445. The Survey maps it on the Mill City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Neptune City within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Neptune City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65,666 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
20 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOSGRAVE
2 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMILL CITY
16 September 1995Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMILL CITY
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.3 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 156 1
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 155
9 August 1997Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeEARLY MILL
4 August 1999Natural250 acresWinnemucca District OfficePIT FIRE
4 August 1999Natural28,918 acresWinnemucca District OfficeCOSGRAVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Neptune City (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Silver. 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
Tallulah MineSilver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1865
NBMG Sample Site 2666Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
NBMG Sample Site 2667Gold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Dun Glen MineGoldPast Producer
Dun Glen Mine ProjectGoldProducer1860, 1870, 2003
Fortune Cookie MineGoldUnknown
UnknownGoldProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Mill City3.3 miles22
Dun Glen (historical)5.6 miles21
Raspberry Creek (historical)5.9 miles19
Cosgrave6.3 miles19
Lander City (historical)6.5 miles22
Tungsten7.7 miles19
Imlay7.8 miles17
Bonnie Briar (historical)8.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846344. 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.