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Sundown Town, Nevada

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Washoe Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89511. It lies near Washoe Hill. The Survey maps it on the Washoe City quadrangle.

Sundown Town within Washoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Sundown Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,200 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Firearms and explosives use2
Smoking1
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
3 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestUSFS 068
29 September 2008Natural2.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCOTTONTAIL
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionEATON & PLEASANT VALLEY ASSIST
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictSCHELLBOURNE
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use64 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSLIDE
13 September 2013Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestBROWNS CREEK
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPOWER PLANT 2
12 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTruckee Meadows Fire Protection DistrictBOWERS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sundown Town: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead. 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
CommonwealthLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerCalamine, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Denver MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Ellen B. PropertyGold, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Faith PitClayPast Producer
Freiberg MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Galena Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerCerussite, Hemimorphite
Galena Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
NBMG Sample Site 4321Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceGalena
Rocky Hill MineGold, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Silica PitMercury, Silica, MolybdenumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washoe 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
Washoe City1.5 miles31
Pleasant Valley3.0 miles31
Ophir City (historical)3.0 miles31
New Washoe City3.9 miles31
Franktown4.5 miles31
Steamboat5.3 miles32
Jumbo (historical)7.0 miles32
Tyrolian Village7.6 miles27

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 Q122573539The 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 847817. 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.