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Twain, Nevada

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Imlay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89419. It lies near Black Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Star Peak quadrangle.

Twain within Pershing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Twain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,234 acres in total. 8 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
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMCGEE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeHUMBOLDT
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use75 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRYE
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined378 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRYE PATCH
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWinnemucca District OfficeINSKIP
14 September 2017Natural22 acresWinnemucca District OfficeRYE
12 September 2017Natural207 acresWinnemucca District OfficeMM 135
1 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use14 acresWinnemucca District OfficeFLORIDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pershing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 73 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 73 workings within 5 miles of Twain: 34 past producers, 13 unknowns, 12 prospects, 9 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, 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
American BasinSilver, Zinc, Gold, CopperProspect
Atoka ClaimsSilica, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
De SotoSilver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer
De Soto MineSilver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1861
Florida Canyon Gold MineGold, Silver, Mercury, Kaolin, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, SulfurProducer1986, 2004
Florida Canyon Kaolin ProspectClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Florida Canyon Kaolin ProspectKaolinPast Producer
Gamble ProspectTungsten, Gold, Antimony, SilverPast ProducerVein
I M ClaimsGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, AntimonyProspect
I M ClaimsGold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, CopperPast ProducerBindheimite, Gold, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite

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
Humboldt City2.8 miles18
Humboldt House3.6 miles15
Humboldt3.8 miles15
Star City (historical)5.1 miles18
Rye Patch7.5 miles16
Imlay9.0 miles17
Unionville9.5 miles16
Poker Brown9.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857147. 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.