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Primeaux, Nevada

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Beowawe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89821. It lies in Primeaux Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Emigrant Pass quadrangle. It stands 5,718 feet above sea level.

Primeaux within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Primeaux between 1992 and 2018, burning about 90,966 acres in total. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use41 acresElko District OfficeBOB'S FLAT
7 September 1998Natural5.0 acresElko District OfficeWILLIEBILL
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresElko District OfficeBARTH
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use17 acresElko District OfficeEMIGRANT
23 September 1993Natural3.0 acresElko District OfficeTWIN PEAK
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficePALISADE EXIT
2 September 2013Natural2.0 acresElko District OfficeEMIGRANT
16 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresElko District OfficeAIRPLANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Primeaux: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Manganese, Perlite, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, 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
Angelo BelliTungsten, Manganese, Copper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1882, 1900
Unnamed IronIronOccurrenceStratabound
Black RockManganeseOccurrence
Black Rock ITungstenUnknown
Black Rock IiManganeseProspect
Emigrant PassPerliteOccurrence
Emigrant PassPerliteUnknown

Every working recorded in Eureka 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
Cluro4.8 miles10
Barth4.9 miles10
Harney5.1 miles10
Gerald (historical)5.3 miles14
Palisade6.1 miles14
Beowawe10.1 miles10
Thomas Place10.9 miles14
Dunphy12.8 miles10

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 PrimeauxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q51703361The 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 856111. 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.