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Toy, Nevada

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lovelock census division. The Survey maps it on the Toulon Peak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Toy within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Toy (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,223 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM 92
6 September 2017Natural3.0 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRAGGED TOP
29 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1,162 acresWinnemucca District OfficeTOULON
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeTOULAN
20 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM92
20 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeMM89
23 July 2017Natural33 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 94
8 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 91

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Toy (historical): 17 past producers, 9 unknowns, 5 prospects, 5 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Copper King MineTungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Iron, Manganese, Silver, UraniumOccurrence1906, 1952
St AnthonyAntimony, SeleniumUnknown
St Anthony MineTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Toulon MillTungsten, Antimony, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Tungsten ProspectTungsten, MolybdenumProspect
Unnamed Salt DepositSaltOccurrence
Silver ProspectSilverOccurrence
Silver ProspectSilverUnknown
Ted Saylor MineAntimonyProducer
Unknown Name Prospect TungstenGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Pershing 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
Browns Station (historical)0.3 miles17
Toulon3.5 miles17
Granite Point7.4 miles17
Perth11.4 miles17
Lovelock15.4 miles16
Kodak19.8 miles16
Colado21.7 miles16
Clarksville (historical)22.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 854653. 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.