Park Canyon, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It lies in Park Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Millett Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Park Canyon within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Millett quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Creek Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Millett Ranch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Park Canyon (historical) between 1994 and 2015, burning about 1 acre in total. 8 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	8

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
17 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	TIMBERLIN
16 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MM 74
12 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
10 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
10 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	not named
7 July 2015	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PARK CANYON
22 June 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	MCCLOED
12 June 2003	Natural	under an acre	Battle Mountain District Office	TIMBLIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Park Canyon (historical): 14 past producers, 12 occurrences, 5 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Buckeye Mine	Gold, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	Vein
Cactus Prospect	Tungsten, Beryllium	Past Producer	Contact Metamorphic
Giant Claim	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Gold, Sphalerite
Joan Claim	Silver, Gold, Copper, Bismuth	Prospect
Little Smoky No. 2 Prospect	Mercury, Copper	Occurrence	1957
New Moose Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc	Past Producer	1953
North Twin Claim	Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
O'Toole Prospect	Nickel, Chromium, Gold	Occurrence
Pittman Silver	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Rob Claim	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony	Prospect

Every working recorded in Nye 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pueblo (historical)	1.5 miles	11
Millett	2.5 miles	11
San Juan (historical)	5.4 miles	11
Ophir (historical)	6.2 miles	14
Junction (historical)	6.5 miles	11
Washington	8.7 miles	11
Barrett (historical)	10.7 miles	12
Reese River	13.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 862189. 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.