BlockOld Camp, Nevada
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89013. It lies near Gold Mountain Peak. The Survey maps it on the Gold Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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 Lida quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Gold Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Last Chance Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Old Camp in 2011, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | HARD LUCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Old Camp: 29 occurrences, 22 past producers, 22 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkmate No. 1 Claim | Uranium, Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Dun Claim Group | Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Dun Claim Group. | Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Golden Rule | Gold, Manganese, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hart Silver Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Independence Claim Group | Uranium, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Independence Group Nos.1-6 | Gold, Uranium, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Joshua Claims | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Gold, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Joshua Claims | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Katina Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokop | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Stateline | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Gold Point | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lida | 16.6 miles | 17 | |
| Forks Station | 18.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cuprite (historical) | 20.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pigeon Spring (historical) | 21.3 miles | 18 | |
| Sylvania | 23.3 miles | 18 |
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 Q122596249 | The 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 845928. 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.