Nevada City, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fallon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89406. The Survey maps it on the Grimes Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nevada City within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1908 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1910 USGS Carson Sink quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Carson Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Reno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Fallon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Grimes Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nevada City (historical) in 2011, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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
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
28 April 2011	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge	GRASTEIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nevada City (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grimes Flat Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	1979
Grimes Point Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Old Navy Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Tcid Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Churchill 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
Hill (historical)	2.5 miles	22
Fallon	6.2 miles	23
Island City (historical)	6.3 miles	23
Salt Wells	6.4 miles	22
Saint Clair	7.3 miles	23
Stillwater	8.8 miles	23
Saint Clair Station (historical)	9.7 miles	23
Ragtown (historical)	13.8 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848160. 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.