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Sheridan, Nevada

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Genoa-Jacks Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89460. It lies near Jobs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Minden quadrangle. It stands 4,813 feet above sea level.

Sheridan within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural33
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitFREEL
12 September 2017Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSISTER
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLUTHER
5 August 2017Smokingunder an acreLake Tahoe Basin Management UnitHEAVENLY 2
4 August 2000Natural20 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestFRED
3 August 2017Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestMOTT
3 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestTILLMAN
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEast Fork Fire and Paramedic District88

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Environmental Community BLM PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUranium, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Hunch and Lucky Strike ClaimsUraniumProspect
Sunrise Copper ProspectLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Alpine FairviewCopper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Alpine Fairview MineCopper, GoldOccurrence
Alpine County Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bing Materials Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Section 11 ProspectCopperOccurrence
Rancho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Mottsville2.3 miles32
Centerville2.5 miles32
Valley View (historical)2.6 miles28
Gardnerville Ranchos4.4 miles29
Gardnerville4.9 miles29
Minden4.9 miles32
Dresslerville5.6 miles29
Walleys Hot Springs5.8 miles32

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 SheridanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7494868The 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 861355. 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.