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Stine, Nevada

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Caliente census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89008. It lies near Rock Springs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Elgin NE quadrangle.

Stine within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Stine between 1992 and 2018, burning about 625 acres in total. 60 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
Natural60
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony2
Firearms and explosives use1
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeSTINE
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeNORADO
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreEly District OfficeBISHOP
25 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresEly District Office4030
2 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresEly District OfficeSTINE
18 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEly District OfficeSTREAKER
16 September 1995Natural8.0 acresSouthern Nevada District OfficeBUCKBOARD
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthern Nevada District OfficeDULADRAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Stine: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Perlite, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
EasterGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Easter ProjectSilver, Gold, Iron, Manganese, MercuryPast Producer1912, 1930
Taylor MineGold, Iron, SilverPast ProducerGold
Boyd Alunite DepositAluminumPast Producer1921
Boyd Alunite ProspectAluminumPast ProducerAlunite
Boyd Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer
Boyd Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer1920
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Merc-Silver ClaimMercuryOccurrence1965

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Boyd4.1 miles16
Etna4.2 miles15
Kershaw (historical)7.5 miles15
Caliente9.2 miles15
Strawberry Hill9.5 miles15
Ferguson (historical)9.6 miles16
Delamar9.9 miles16
Helene10.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856143. 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.