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Olinghouse, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Warm Springs-Truckee Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89442. It lies near Green Hill. The Survey maps it on the Olinghouse quadrangle.

Olinghouse within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Olinghouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,250 acres in total. 29 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Firearms and explosives use3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY 2
13 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePIERSON
11 September 2018Smoking30 acresCarson City District OfficeDERBY DAM
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeQUAKENING
8 August 2011Fireworks46 acresCarson City District OfficeJOHNS
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeNUMANA
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeLITTLE ROCK
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSADDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Olinghouse: 16 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Buster MinesGold, Silver, Lead, Tellurium, CopperPast ProducerArgentite
Green Hill MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Olinghouse MineSilver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Mercury, AntimonyProducer1994
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Texas No. 2 ClaimTungstenPast ProducerUnknown
Green Hill MinesGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
MyraSilver, GoldPast ProducerCalcite, Pyrite
Tiger GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Keystone Nevada MineGold, SilverPast ProducerPyrite
Buster MinesGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Thisby4.8 miles23
Clarks (historical)5.4 miles23
Roderick (historical)5.6 miles23
Dodge6.3 miles24
Wadsworth7.8 miles24
Patrick11.1 miles24
Nixon12.6 miles22
Mustang14.2 miles28

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 Q122558521The 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 856334. 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.