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Sulphur, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winnemucca census division. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur quadrangle.

Sulphur within Humboldt County

On record in Sulphur

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur between 1999 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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 August 1999Natural15 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSULFUR
4 August 1999Natural1.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSULFUR TWO
8 July 2006Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeHYCROFT
8 July 2006Natural3.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeSULFUR
6 July 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeFLOKA
12 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRHONDA
3 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeFLOKA
27 May 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeHYCROFT TR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur: 29 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Mercury, 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
Barrel Springs MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Barrel Springs PlacersMercury, Gold, Tin, TungstenProducerPlacer
Devils Corral PitSulfur, Mercury, GoldPast Producer
Hycroft Gold MineGold, Silver, Mercury, Sulfur, AntimonyProducer1980, 1988
NBMG Sample Site 1794Sulfur, Magnesite, GoldPast ProducerCinnabar, Sulfur
NBMG Sample Site 1794Sulfur, Gold, MercuryPast Producer
Nevada Sulphur Company MineMercury, Aluminum, Silver, SulfurPast Producer1875, 1877
RosebudMercury, Manganese, Tungsten, Gold, TinPast ProducerPlacer
Sulphur DepositAluminum, Potassium, Sulfur, Silver, MercuryPast Producer1917
Sulphur DistrictMercury, Silver, Aluminum, SulfurPast Producer1870, 1882

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Red Butte (historical)18.0 miles16
Jungo (historical)18.9 miles14
Venado (historical)26.1 miles14
Raiser City (historical)33.0 miles10
Pronto36.0 miles14
Raglan40.7 miles20
Varyville (historical)42.8 miles16
Rose Creek44.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845687. 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.