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Sulfur, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Smith Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It lies near Sand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Desert Creek Peak quadrangle.

Sulfur within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sulfur between 1992 and 2018, burning about 249 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle 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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestO`BANION
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forestnot named
25 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestKEITH
5 August 2012Natural226 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLAKE
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDALZELLE 2
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestNORTH
4 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestDALZELL
31 August 2001Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestNYE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sulfur: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Uranium, Perlite, 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
Desert Creek PeakMolybdenumProspect
Big Crystal DepositSilicaOccurrence
Bovard MineSilicaProspect
Cowboy MineTungsten, Lead, SilverPast Producer1941
Cowboy MineTungsten, Lead, SilverPast Producer1941
Pitch ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Pitch ClaimsUraniumProspect
Sw 1/4 Section 10 DepositPerliteOccurrence
Wellington Hills DepositPerliteOccurrence

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
Pine Grove8.0 miles21
Wellington Springs9.8 miles22
Wellington11.4 miles23
Sweetwater (historical)11.6 miles25
Hoye (historical)11.9 miles23
Smith13.1 miles23
Walker River (historical)13.5 miles23
Cambridge (historical)13.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 861623. 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.