Queen City, Nevada

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1882 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McDermitt census division. It stands on Wagon Wheel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Queen City within Humboldt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1882 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1955 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS McDermitt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Spring City quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Quinn River Valley quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Queen City (historical) between 1999 and 2018, burning about 427,743 acres in total. 3 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
Natural	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
14 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7,838 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MARTIN CREEK
1 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	484 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MARTIN
5 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	416,821 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MARTIN
29 July 2011	Natural	2,524 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MARTIN CREEK
20 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MARTIN CRK
15 July 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	HOUSE 3
6 October 2006	Natural	75 acres	Winnemucca District Office	CASSINELLI RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Queen City (historical): 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bullion Mill Site	Silver, Arsenic, Gold, Mercury, Zinc	Past Producer
NBMG Sample Site 2605	Silver, Gold, Lead, Antimony, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Silver Butte Mine	Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Iron, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1931, 1935
Silver Butte Mine	Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Arsenic	Past Producer	1868
Unnamed Mine	Silver, Copper, Gold, Antimony, Lead	Prospect
G U B Claims	Silver, Arsenic, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Gub Claims	Silver, Arsenic, Copper	Prospect
Lower Spring City Canyon	Copper	Occurrence	1875, 1908
Lower Spring City Canyon	Copper	Prospect
NBMG Sample Site 2609	Silver, Arsenic	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gouge Eye	3.8 miles	14
Spring City (historical)	4.4 miles	14
Paradise Valley	6.5 miles	16
Rebel Creek (historical)	18.9 miles	16
Orovada	19.5 miles	16
Platora	20.0 miles	16
Willow Point (historical)	21.4 miles	16
Cañon Creek Station (historical)	22.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858423. 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.