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Pittsburgh, Nevada

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Battle Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89820. It stands on East Fork Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Lewis quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pittsburgh within Lander County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburgh (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 39,350 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Natural112 acresBattle Mountain District Office9TH STREET
2 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeLEWIS CYN.
10 September 1996Natural300 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeLEWIS
8 August 2001Natural103 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBENS PEAK
26 August 1996Natural35,932 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSLAVEN II
26 August 1996Natural2.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSLAVEN
2 August 2006Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeHILLTOP
4 July 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDEAN CABIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lander County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburgh (historical): 39 past producers, 11 producers, 10 occurrences, 7 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Betty O'NealSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Betty O'Neal MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincProducer1880
Blue DickAntimony, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Blue Dick Antimony MineAntimony, Silver, Gold, SeleniumProducerStibnite
Celestine O'NealGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Dean MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPlant1990
Dean MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron, CopperPast Producervein
Eagle-Monitor ClaimsSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, IronProducer1867
Golden RuleGold, BismuthPast Producer
Harris Molybdenite ProspectMolybdenum, TungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Lander 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
Hilltop1.5 miles12
Maysville (historical)1.5 miles12
Dean (historical)1.8 miles12
Middletown (historical)2.6 miles12
Starr (historical)2.7 miles12
Betty O'Neal (historical)4.3 miles12
Mud Springs (historical)5.6 miles13
Lander (historical)9.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858354. 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.