Star City, Nevada

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. It lies near Sacred Point. The Survey maps it on the Star Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Star City within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

1931 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000
1935 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Imlay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Eugene Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Star Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Star City (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 573 acres in total. 11 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	11
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Debris and open burning	1

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 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Winnemucca District Office	MCGEE
5 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	75 acres	Winnemucca District Office	RYE
16 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	INSKIP
4 August 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Winnemucca District Office	JOHN BROWN
4 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	THUNDER MOUNTAIN
30 August 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	13 acres	Winnemucca District Office	GASKELL
21 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	STANDARD MINE
31 July 2014	Natural	under an acre	Winnemucca District Office	COYOTE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 81 workings within 5 miles of Star City (historical): 37 past producers, 17 prospects, 13 unknowns, 10 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
American Basin	Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper	Prospect
Bloody Canyon	Silver, Antimony	Past Producer	1868, 1907
Bloody Canyon Mine	Antimony, Silver, Iron, Lead	Producer	1868, 1871
De Soto	Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony	Past Producer
De Soto Mine	Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Zinc	Past Producer	1861
Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Florida Canyon Kaolin Prospect	Kaolin	Past Producer
Gamble Prospect	Tungsten, Gold, Antimony, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
I M Claims	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony	Prospect
I M Claims	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, Copper	Past Producer	Bindheimite, Gold, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Humboldt City	4.6 miles	18
Twain	5.1 miles	18
Unionville	6.9 miles	16
Humboldt	7.1 miles	15
Humboldt House	7.1 miles	15
Imlay	8.0 miles	17
Lander City (historical)	10.2 miles	22
Rye Patch	10.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 846108. 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.