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Pinto, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cherry Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Silverado Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Silverado Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pinto within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Pinto (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,802 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2008Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeGREY
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePINTO
26 August 2015Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePINTO
1 August 2009Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficePINTO
1 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePINTO
30 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeNAT OUT 2
27 July 2011Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSECRET CANYON
22 July 1999Smokingunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePINTO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pinto (historical): 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Copper, Gold, Lead, Lead. 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
High Point MineLead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
MarylandSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadProspect
SilveradoSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Autumn No. 2SilverOccurrence
DuquettSilverOccurrence
Fairplay MineSilverUnknown
QueenSilverPast Producer
Queen MineSilverUnknown
SilverstoneSilverOccurrence

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Newark (historical)10.5 miles13
Seligman (historical)19.2 miles14
Strawberry (historical)21.2 miles13
Babylon (historical)21.7 miles15
Greenville (historical)22.5 miles15
Hamilton22.7 miles15
Swansea (historical)22.9 miles15
Shermantown23.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 850884. 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.