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Newpass, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dixie Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Mount Airy quadrangle.

Newpass within Churchill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Newpass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79,154 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePLAYA
7 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePETERSON
5 August 2012Natural31,503 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeGILBERT
4 August 1999Natural47,626 acresCarson City District OfficeNEW PASS
28 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeBARREL
27 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeINDIAN SPR
19 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePASS
18 August 1992Natural5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeGILBERT

Every fire recorded in Churchill County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Newpass: 20 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, 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
Bill Peterson's MineIron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1936, 1949
Mustang Group Nos.1-7UraniumProspect
New Pass DepositSilver, Gold, Manganese, Copper, LeadProspect1994
New Pass MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Palstrson MineManganesePast Producer
Shoshone MineGemstoneProducer1980
Shoshone MineGemstonePast Producer
Unknown Shaft #1Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Unnamed Prospect #1Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
ConfidenceSilver, GoldPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Edwards Creek Station (historical)15.9 miles9
Bernice (historical)19.3 miles9
Clan Alpine (historical)19.6 miles9
Cold Springs23.4 miles11
Eastgate29.7 miles9
Boyer31.9 miles9
Dixie Valley32.5 miles19
Dixie34.0 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122550044The 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 854833. 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.