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Pinyon Hills, Nevada

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Carson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89701. The Survey maps it on the New Empire quadrangle.

Pinyon Hills within Carson City

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Pinyon Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,232 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 5 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony36
Firearms and explosives use12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes6
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1

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
9 September 2012Natural768 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeBRUNSWICK
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeARROWHEAD
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeAMBROSE
8 September 2005Other causesunder an acreCarson City District OfficeTRAVEL
8 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKOONTZ
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeMEXICAN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carson City

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Pinyon Hills: 20 past producers, 13 occurrences, 11 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Adams ClaimsGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Bessemer ProspectIron, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Bidwell MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Brunswick Canyon PitStonePast Producer
Bunker Hill MineCopper, Silver, Gold, TungstenPast ProducerVein
Bunker Hill MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Carson City Monazite-Bearing PlacerREE, Chromium, Gold, Iron, ZirconiumProspect
Carson River MercuryGold, Mercury, SilverProspect
Comstock Extension MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
DixonTungsten, ManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carson City

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
Brunswick (historical)1.9 miles29
New Empire2.4 miles29
Empire2.5 miles29
Eagle Station (historical)3.5 miles30
Carson City3.7 miles30
Stewart3.9 miles28
Carson Hot Springs4.1 miles30
Fiddlers Green4.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 863882. 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.