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Sprucemont, Nevada

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wells census division. The Survey maps it on the Spruce Mountain quadrangle. It stands 6,936 feet above sea level.

Sprucemont within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sprucemont between 1993 and 2015, burning about 100 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use2
Firearms and explosives 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
4 September 1997Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficePOPE
23 September 1993Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSPRUCE
8 August 1999Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSPRUCE
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSPRUCE
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeSPRUCE
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeDUFF
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreElko District OfficeTUESDAY
25 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use58 acresElko District OfficeSPRUCEMONT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Sprucemont: 26 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Copper, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Black Forest MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincPast Producer1872
BullsheadIron, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Bullshead MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerVein
HartleyLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Keystone MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1916
Keystone MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Killie MineLead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1869, 1875
Killie MineLead, Zinc, Iron, Silver, ManganesePast Producer
Monarch MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, TungstenOccurrenceUnknown
Monarch MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Lead, Scheelite

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Black Forest (historical)3.5 miles13
Elaine (historical)14.1 miles13
Mizpah15.4 miles9
Clover (historical)16.7 miles12
Dolly Varden17.9 miles13
Warm Creek (historical)19.5 miles10
Hogan19.7 miles13
Spruce20.5 miles10

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 SprucemontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54959563The 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 856141. 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.