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Stone Cabin, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89403. The Survey maps it on the Como quadrangle. It stands 6,345 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stone Cabin within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Stone Cabin (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,382 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony175 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO
3 September 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson City District Office531
13 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRAWE
12 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficePINE NUT
30 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeGOLF 1
30 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeGOLF 2
29 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeLYON
23 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOMO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Stone Cabin (historical): 13 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Como Gold-Silver PropertyGold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer1860, 1930
Mohawk MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Pony Meadows MinesGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Como-EurekaGold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Copper Canyon ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Hulley-LoganSilver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Hercules PropertyGold, SilverPast Producer1995
Pony Meadows ClaimsGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
RapidanSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
The Stone Cabin ClaimsSilver, GoldOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Como1.7 miles22
Palmyra (historical)1.9 miles22
Dayton8.4 miles25
Sutro9.7 miles31
Carson Rapids City10.0 miles31
Eureka (historical)10.1 miles29
Johntown (historical)10.3 miles31
Churchill10.7 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q87293253The 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 857553. 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.