Parker, Nevada

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Baker census division. It stands on Gravel Wash. The Survey maps it on the Skinner Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Parker within White Pine 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.

1956 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Ely quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Skinner Canyon quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Kern Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Parker (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 468 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.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
2 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	HIGHWAY
11 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	BIA 1
9 August 1999	Natural	25 acres	Ely District Office	PLEASANT
3 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Ely District Office	NAT OUT EIGHTEEN
30 July 2001	Natural	400 acres	Ely District Office	MALLORY
12 April 2014	Natural	36 acres	Ely District Office	SKINNER
12 April 2014	Natural	7.0 acres	Ely District Office	NORMAN
30 November 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ely District Office	PLEASANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Parker (historical): 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Tungsten, 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
Location #7 of Sayeed	Iron, Tungsten	Occurrence
Pleasant Valley Prospects	Lead, Copper, Silver	Unknown
Regan Tungsten Prospects	Tungsten, Bismuth, Fluorine-Fluorite	Unknown
Tungstonia Mine	Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Huebnerite
Granite Claims	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Snow Bank	Tungsten	Unknown
Snow Bank Property	Tungsten	Past Producer	1972
Snow White Claims	Tungsten	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Teresa	Tungsten	Unknown
Tungstonia District	Tungsten	Producer	QUARTZ VEINS

Every working recorded in White Pine 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
Pleasant Valley (historical)	2.2 miles	11
Uvada (historical)	3.4 miles	11
Tungstonia (historical)	4.6 miles	11
Glencoe (historical)	6.3 miles	11
Regan (historical)	6.9 miles	11
Tippett	17.5 miles	11
Broadway (historical)	20.7 miles	9
Stonehouse	23.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857508. 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.