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Ruby Hill, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89316. It lies near Zulu Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle.

Ruby Hill within Eureka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Ruby Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 28 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePINTO
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeFRONTIER
25 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeWINDFALL
8 August 1994Natural2.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeGOODWIN
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTREEINROCK
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeHUNTER
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePOWERLINE
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeDUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eureka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 144 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 144 workings within 5 miles of Ruby Hill: 103 past producers, 19 unknowns, 13 occurrences, 4 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Silver, Gold, Lead, Gold, Lead, Gold. 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 Hill AreaGold, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Bullwacker MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, ZincPast Producer1876
Burning Moscow MineSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Burning Moscow MineSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Connelly MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Diamond MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Bismuth, ArsenicPast Producer1874
Diamond MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Distinction TunnelSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast Producer1913
Dugout TunnelSilver, Lead, Gold, Antimony, CopperPast Producer1874
Dugout TunnelGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

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
Eureka1.5 miles13
Prospect (historical)3.8 miles16
Vanderbilt (historical)5.5 miles15
Eunice Place5.9 miles13
Pinto (historical)6.7 miles15
Diamond City (historical)17.4 miles13
Birch (historical)29.4 miles13
Romano (historical)30.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858417. 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.