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Nordyke, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It stands on East Walker River. The Survey maps it on the Yerington quadrangle.

Nordyke within Lyon 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

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nordyke between 1997 and 2018, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 burning1
Natural1

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
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreWestern Nevada AgencyBIA 13 CCD
3 June 2018Debris and open burning15 acresCentral Lyon County Fire Protection District208

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Nordyke: 15 past producers, 9 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Gold, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Homestake Copper MineCopper, Uranium, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Homestake MineCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast ProducerGalena
Malachite MineCopper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Mason Valley MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, IronPast Producer1865, 1870
Mcconnell MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1912
Singatse Range Wollastonite DepositWollastoniteOccurrence
Western Nevada Copper Co MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Eureka Copper PropertyCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Mason Valley MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Gold DykeGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Tippecanoe (historical)3.8 miles22
Mason4.0 miles22
Hudson (historical)5.7 miles23
Ludwig (historical)6.6 miles23
Yerington6.6 miles22
Weed Heights6.7 miles22
Wellington Springs9.5 miles22
Smith9.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857478. 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.