Old Battle Mountain, Nevada

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.

• 1932 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1939 USGS Sonoma Range quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
• 1940 USGS Antler Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1943 USGS Antler Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1955 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Galena Canyon quadrangle1:24000
• 1986 USGS Winnemucca quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Old Battle Mountain (historical) between 1996 and 2018, burning about 446 acres in total. 7 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Copper Basin
• Battle Mountain
• Buckingham Camp
• North Battle Mountain
• Argenta
• Bannock

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 205 workings within 5 miles of Old Battle Mountain (historical): 144 past producers, 22 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 15 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Lander County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854858. 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.