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Talapoosa, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silver Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89429. The Survey maps it on the Stockton Flat Well quadrangle.

Talapoosa within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Talapoosa between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4,791 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSPEEDWAY
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeWNA 8
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeDAMIANS
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeG
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKARL
21 August 1992Smoking4.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTALA
15 August 2018Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeRUBY
15 August 2018Natural1.0 acresCarson City District OfficeTOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Talapoosa: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Mercury, Gold. 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
De Longchamps ProspectAntimony, Mercury, GoldProspect
Talapoosa DepositGold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1864, 1926
De Longchamps ProspectMercury, AntimonyOccurrenceCinnabar, Stibnite
Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Section 12 ShaftsGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectsGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Nevada Station (historical)3.6 miles22
Silver Springs3.8 miles22
Ramsey Station4.8 miles22
Ramsey (historical)6.1 miles22
Stagecoach7.6 miles22
Marshland (historical)10.5 miles22
Fernley10.7 miles23
Weeks (historical)10.7 miles22

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 Q122567208The 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 856147. 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.