Tippecanoe, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yerington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89447. It lies near Wilson Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Wilson Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tippecanoe within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1891 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1948 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Yerington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1962 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Smith Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Wilson Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tippecanoe (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony	6
Fireworks	1
Debris and open burning	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
5 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Carson City District Office	WILSON CAMPFIRE
24 August 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Carson City District Office	FISH
23 August 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Carson City District Office	WILSON CANYON
4 July 1992	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Carson City District Office	WILSON CYN
30 July 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Carson City District Office	WILSON
3 June 2018	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Central Lyon County Fire Protection District	208
28 June 2002	Fireworks	2.0 acres	Carson City District Office	WILSON
20 March 1993	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Carson City District Office	COPPERBELT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tippecanoe (historical): 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
No. Section 14 Prospects	Copper	Occurrence
Section 17 Prospects	Copper	Occurrence
Section 18 Prospects	Copper	Occurrence
Section 30 Prospects	Copper	Occurrence
Sections 20 , 21 , 28 , 29 Prospects	Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Mine	Copper	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nordyke	3.8 miles	22
Hudson (historical)	4.4 miles	23
Wellington Springs	5.8 miles	22
Smith	7.7 miles	23
Mason	7.8 miles	22
Ludwig (historical)	9.4 miles	23
Walker River (historical)	9.8 miles	23
Yerington	10.4 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857851. 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.