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Silverbow, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ralston Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89049. It lies near Nixon Peak. The Survey maps it on the Kawich Peak quadrangle.

Silverbow within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Silverbow between 2004 and 2013, burning about 146 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
14 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeBREEN
20 July 2004Natural142 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeSILVER BOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Silverbow: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Silver Glance GroupSilver, GoldPast Producer1950
Blue Horse MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Catlin GroupSilver, GoldPast Producer
Hillside MineSilver, GoldPast Producer1941
Oro Cache Mining and Milling Co.GoldOccurrenceVein
Silver Glance GroupSilver, GoldPast Producer
Blue Horse MineSilverPast ProducerVein
Catlin GroupSilverPast ProducerVein
Hillside MineSilverPast ProducerVein

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
Eden (historical)5.3 miles16
Golden Arrow9.7 miles16
Bellehelen (historical)12.5 miles11
Mellan13.3 miles16
Helena (historical)17.2 miles10
New Reveille (historical)18.0 miles12
Old Reveille (historical)19.2 miles12
Reveille (historical)19.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856137. 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.