Pine Grove, Nevada
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Smith Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Pine Grove Spring quadrangle. It stands 6,716 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pine Grove Hills quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Pine Grove Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PINE GROVE |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | not named |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PINE GROVE |
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | HALSEY |
| 20 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | SAND |
| 18 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | PINE 2 |
| 24 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TAYLOR SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 14 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W & P Mine | Molybdenum, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Wilson Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cowboy Mine | Tungsten, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Cowboy Mine | Tungsten, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| White Rose & White Rose No.1 Claims | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| White Rose Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Horse Shoe Claims ? | Gold, Silver, Perlite | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Pine Grove Hills Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Section 32 Adit | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Sections 31 and 36 Prospects | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | 1866 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge (historical) | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Wellington Springs | 6.3 miles | 22 | |
| Sulfur | 8.0 miles | 22 | |
| Wichman | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Tippecanoe (historical) | 11.5 miles | 22 | |
| Smith | 13.7 miles | 23 | |
| Hudson (historical) | 13.8 miles | 23 | |
| Wellington | 14.4 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pine Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48975947 | 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 860956. 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.








