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.
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
- Applegate-Lassen Traillisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1959 USGS Lovelock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Sulphur quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eugene Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SULFUR |
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SULFUR TWO |
| 8 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | HYCROFT |
| 8 July 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Winnemucca District Office | SULFUR |
| 6 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | FLOKA |
| 12 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Winnemucca District Office | RHONDA |
| 3 June 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | FLOKA |
| 27 May 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Winnemucca District Office | HYCROFT TR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrel Springs Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Barrel Springs Placers | Mercury, Gold, Tin, Tungsten | Producer | Placer | |
| Devils Corral Pit | Sulfur, Mercury, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hycroft Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Mercury, Sulfur, Antimony | Producer | 1980, 1988 | |
| NBMG Sample Site 1794 | Sulfur, Magnesite, Gold | Past Producer | Cinnabar, Sulfur | |
| NBMG Sample Site 1794 | Sulfur, Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Nevada Sulphur Company Mine | Mercury, Aluminum, Silver, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1875, 1877 | |
| Rosebud | Mercury, Manganese, Tungsten, Gold, Tin | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Sulphur Deposit | Aluminum, Potassium, Sulfur, Silver, Mercury | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Sulphur District | Mercury, Silver, Aluminum, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1870, 1882 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Butte (historical) | 18.0 miles | 16 | |
| Jungo (historical) | 18.9 miles | 14 | |
| Venado (historical) | 26.1 miles | 14 | |
| Raiser City (historical) | 33.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pronto | 36.0 miles | 14 | |
| Raglan | 40.7 miles | 20 | |
| Varyville (historical) | 42.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rose Creek | 44.6 miles | 20 |
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.





