Tolicha, Nevada

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Yucca Flat census division. The Survey maps it on the Tolicha Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tolicha within Nye County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1908 USGS Kawich quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1942 USGS Tolicha Peak quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Goldfield quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Tolicha Peak quadrangle1:62500
1979 USGS Pahute Mesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Tolicha Peak quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tolicha (historical) in 1999, burning about 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
16 June 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Southern Nevada District Office	TACECHIE

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tolicha (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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	Recorded
Landmark-Life Preserver Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Unnamed Shaft	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Land Mark Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1917
Landmark-Life Preserver Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1917
Life-Preserver Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	1917
Unnamed Shaft	Gold, Silver	Occurrence	1917
Prospect Pit	Gold	Occurrence
Quartz Mountain Workings	Gold	Occurrence	1905
Quartz Mountain Workings	Gold	Prospect	1905

Every working recorded in Nye 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
Clarkdale (historical)	6.8 miles	15
Carrs Camp (historical)	7.5 miles	15
Farmer Station	11.7 miles	17
Scottys Junction	14.0 miles	17
Jamestown (historical)	17.3 miles	16
Springdale	18.0 miles	16
Bonnie Claire	18.1 miles	17
Hot Springs	21.9 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 848179. 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.