Peavine, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gabbs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It lies near Wood Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Peavine Ranch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Peavine within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1907 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000
1908 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Tonopah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Peavine Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Ione Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Peavine (historical) between 2000 and 2005, burning about 20 acres 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
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
12 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PEAVINE (NYE)
14 June 2000	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PEAVINE
29 May 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	PEAVINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peavine (historical): 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Mercury, Antimony. 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
Horse Canyon Mine	Mercury	Past Producer	1937
Resurrection	Antimony	Past Producer
Uranium Occurrence	Uranium	Occurrence
Esd Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Unknown 27,9,42	Gold	Occurrence

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
Indian Springs (historical)	2.1 miles	14
San Antonio (historical)	7.6 miles	15
Saint Elmo (historical)	8.5 miles	14
Central (historical)	8.7 miles	14
Hadley	10.5 miles	13
Manhattan	10.6 miles	14
Jett (historical)	11.1 miles	13
White Caps (historical)	11.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846875. 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.