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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.

Sylvania within Esmeralda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

6 since 1996

Regional 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
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeSYLVANIA
24 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMAMMOTH
12 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeTULE
17 June 2011Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePIGEON
15 June 2011Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeMILL
4 December 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficePIGEON SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Esmeralda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 97 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AltaAluminumPast Producer
Amry ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Four AcesTungsten, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer
Four Aces ClaimsLead, Silver, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerMolybdenite, Powellite
Four Aces MineTungsten, Talc-Soapstone, Lead, Zinc, Iron, MolybdenumPast ProducerContact Metamorphic
Oasis MineTalc-Soapstone, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Old Sylvania MineSilver, Lead, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc, Gold, IronPast Producer1860, 1875
Roseamelia MineTalc-Soapstone, Mica, ClayPast Producer1931
Two Deules MineTalc-Soapstone, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, ManganesePast ProducerHuebnerite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Talc
Mcboyle ProspectMolybdenumOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Esmeralda 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
Pigeon Spring (historical)3.4 miles18
Lida12.7 miles17
Stateline18.3 miles18
Gold Point19.3 miles17
Nivloc22.0 miles23
Old Camp23.3 miles17
Silver Peak25.1 miles23
Tokop25.4 miles17

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.