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San Pedros, Nevada

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It lies near Bull Frame Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle.

San Pedros within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of San Pedros between 2003 and 2019, burning about 41 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 May 2003Equipment and vehicle use40 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBARCELONA
13 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMEADOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of San Pedros: 48 occurrences, 27 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Uranium. 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
Alma Claim GroupCopper, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Barcelona MineSilver, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, MercuryProducer1866, 1870
Barcelona MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Iron, Tungsten, Antimony, Mercury, Barium-BariteProducer1870
Bel ClaimsSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Antimony, VanadiumOccurrenceVein
Bell Claim GroupGold, Zinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Charles PropertySilver, Gold, ManganeseOccurrenceGold
Enator MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer1928, 1929
Flower Antimony MineMercury, Selenium, AntimonyOccurrenceCinnabar, Stibnite
Flower Placer Ground LocalityIron, Vanadium, Mercury, Titanium, MetalOccurrencePlacer
Flower Quicksilver MineMercury, Antimony, Selenium, Barium-BaritePast Producer1908

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Flowers Camp0.3 miles8
Barcelona Summit2.0 miles8
Barcelona (historical)2.2 miles8
Van Ness (historical)3.3 miles8
Jefferson (historical)4.6 miles8
Belmont5.4 miles8
East Belmont (historical)6.6 miles8
Stone House (historical)6.7 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122561696The 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 856985. 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.