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Riepetown, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ruth census division. It lies near Weary Flat. The Survey maps it on the Riepetown quadrangle. It stands 7,100 feet above sea level.

Riepetown within White Pine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Riepetown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1992Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeGIROUX
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBHP PACK
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeMAGMA WELL
13 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeWHITE HILL
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestGU GU
12 September 2001Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRIVER WASH
12 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRAGSDALE
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeRUTH BAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White Pine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Riepetown: 51 past producers, 8 producers, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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
BedlamSilver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, LeadPast Producer
Blair and Kearsarge ClaimCopper, AluminumPast Producer
Carbonate and Eldorado ClaimsSilver, Gold, LeadUnknown
Columbia MineManganese, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Commodore ClaimIronUnknown
Elijah ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Ely District (Robinson)Copper, Gold, Nickel, Palladium, PlatinumProducer1868
Ely Gold MineMercury, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Ely Gold MineMercury, Copper, Silver, Lead, GoldUnknown
Emma Mine PitSilver, CopperPast Producer

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
Kimberly0.6 miles16
Veteran (historical)1.0 miles16
Copper Flat1.3 miles18
Sunshine Camp (historical)1.4 miles18
Ruth1.5 miles18
Ruth (historical)1.7 miles18
Keystone2.6 miles18
Keystone Junction2.8 miles18

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 RiepetownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7333149The 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 856354. 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.