Sylvania, Nevada
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Goldfield census division. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania Mountains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Lida quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Magruder Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Last Chance Range quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Sylvania Mts quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sylvania between 1996 and 2016, burning about 2 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | SYLVANIA |
| 24 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MAMMOTH |
| 12 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | TULE |
| 17 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | PIGEON |
| 15 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | MILL |
| 4 December 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Battle Mountain District Office | PIGEON SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 97 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Sylvania: 54 past producers, 27 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten, Gold, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Amry Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Four Aces | Tungsten, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Four Aces Claims | Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Molybdenite, Powellite | |
| Four Aces Mine | Tungsten, Talc-Soapstone, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Oasis Mine | Talc-Soapstone, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Old Sylvania Mine | Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1860, 1875 | |
| Roseamelia Mine | Talc-Soapstone, Mica, Clay | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Two Deules Mine | Talc-Soapstone, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese | Past Producer | Huebnerite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Talc | |
| Mcboyle Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Spring (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lida | 12.7 miles | 17 | |
| Stateline | 18.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gold Point | 19.3 miles | 17 | |
| Nivloc | 22.0 miles | 23 | |
| Old Camp | 23.3 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Peak | 25.1 miles | 23 | |
| Tokop | 25.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 849813. 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.








