Smoke Creek, Nevada

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the High Desert census division. It stands on Wild Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reynard quadrangle.

Smoke Creek within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000
1894 USGS Granite Range quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Fox Range quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1984 USGS Kumiva Peak quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Reynard quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Smoke Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 5 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
Natural	5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 August 2019	Natural	7.3 acres	Winnemucca District Office	PYRAMID
17 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MUDTROUGH1
17 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	MUDTROUGH5
10 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	POLE CREEK
16 July 1994	Natural	1,016 acres	Winnemucca District Office	RODEO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Smoke Creek: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gabbro	Nickel, Copper	Occurrence
Wild Horse Mine	Silver, Gold	Past Producer	1902, 1925
Wild Horse Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Linda Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Lost Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Lost Creek Prospect Amir	Gold	Prospect
Reynard Siding Prospect	Gold	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Washoe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Reynard	4.1 miles	18
Sano	7.4 miles	19
Sheepshead	9.1 miles	18
Buffalo Meadows (historical)	11.7 miles	18
Sand Pass	14.1 miles	18
Phil	17.1 miles	20
Empire	19.4 miles	20
Zenobia	20.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 843784. 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.